Anorexia and Personality Traits in Elderly Individuals

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).