| Objective To investigate the nutritional status and influential factors in elderly patients with osteoporosis (OP)，in order to provide a guide of rehabilitation for those patients. Methods Using the method of convenience sampling, 412 elderly patients with OP in the Affiliated Hospital of North China University of Science and Technology were investigated with the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) questionnaire from July 2014 to December 2014. Results In the elderly OP patients, the MNA proportions of over 24 points, between 17 and 24 points, or less than 17 points were 39. 6%，51%，and 9. 4%，respectively. Gender, education, marriage, income, smoking, alcohol consumption, milk intake, exercise, pain, OP type, and OP level were influential factors of nutritional status in the elderly patients，and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0. 05). Among those, the impact of gender, marriage, smoking, exercise, pain，and OP type was more than that of education, income, alcohol consumption, milk intake, and OP level. Gender, marriage, income, milk, exercise, pain, OP type, and OP level were the factors affecting the nutritional status in the elderly patients in the multivariate analysis，and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The most impact was gender, followed by OP type, marriage, income, OP level, the degree of pain, milk intake, and exercise. Conclusion A variety of factors influence the nutritional status of elderly patients with OP. The patients with those factors that reduce the nutritional status should improve their nutritional status by changing the life style and by treating OP. |