ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2026
Co-occurrence of depressive symptoms, risk of malnutrition, and functional limitations in chronically ill patients receiving long-term home care.
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Introduction: The growing number of chronically ill individuals and the ageing of the population increase the need for systematic assessment of nutritional status and functional capacity in patients receiving long-term care. Malnutrition, reduced independence, and depressive symptoms often co-occur and may constitute a significant challenge when planning care in the home setting. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the co-occurrence of nutritional status, severity of depressive symptoms, and level of functional ability in chronically ill patients receiving long-term home care. Material and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 234 patients receiving long-term home nursing care in Poland. A survey questionnaire and standardized instruments were used: the Barthel Index, the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). The analysis was performed using the Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman's rho correlation (p ≤ 0.05). Due to the lack of clinical data on comorbidities and pharmacotherapy, no multivariate analyses were performed. Results and conclusions: In the present study, the mean Barthel Index score (~19.4 points) indicated significant limitations in performing basic activities of daily living. Among the respondents, 67.6% showed moderate to severe depressive symptoms, while 85.5% were classified as being at risk of malnutrition. Significant negative correlations were found between the BDI score and all components of the MNA (rho = -0.301 to -0.381; p < 0.001), indicating that poorer nutritional status co-occurred with greater severity of depressive symptoms. In the studied group of patients receiving long-term home care, the concurrent presence of functional limitations, risk of malnutrition, and depressive symptoms was frequently observed. Given the cross-sectional design of the study and the absence of adjusted analyses, the findings should be interpreted with caution and treated as a description of co-occurrence, without the ability to infer the direction of the relationships.
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