The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between age-related anorexia and personality traits in elderly individuals with comorbidities.

There is no study in the literature investigating the relationship between personality traits and age-related anorexia. The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between age-related anorexia and personality traits in elderly individuals with comorbidities.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being 65 years or older,
• Volunteering to participate in the study,
• Being conscious and not having communication problems,
• Having a Charlson comorbidity index of 1 or higher and/or a diagnosis of hypertension,
• Being fed orally.

Exclusion Criteria:

• oropharyngeal dysphagia,
• Presence of neurological or muscular disease that prevents swallowing,
• Being fed by nasogastric tube, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy or intravenous nutrition,
• Using drugs that affect appetite (corticosteroid, cancer chemotherapy digoxin, opioids, serotonin reuptake inhibitors, topiramate),
• Using appetizers (megestrol acetate, dronabinol, mirtazapine, growth hormone analogue),
• Having an active cancer disease,
• Major neuro-psychiatric disease (Alzheimer's, dementia, major depression, mania, psychosis, etc.),
• Presence of acute infection,
• Not having sufficient communication skills (Mini Mental Test score below 24 points).

65 years of age and older with chronic illness