Nutritional screening strategy in nonagenarians: The value of the MNA-SF (Mini Nutritional Assessment short form) in NutriAction

OBJECTIVES: To identify older subjects at risk of malnutrition using the most appropriate tool available for the specific setting and to evaluate the Mini Nutritional Assessment short form (MNA-SF) in a sample of nonagenarians. DESIGN: Questionnaire based national screening week for the risk and pre...

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Published in:The Journal of nutrition, health & aging health & aging, 2013-04, Vol.17 (4), p.310-314
Main Authors: Vandewoude, M, Van Gossum, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age groups
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Biological and medical sciences
Body mass index
Cohort Studies
elderly
Feeding. Feeding behavior
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Geriatric Assessment
Geriatrics/Gerontology
Homes for the Aged
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Malnutrition
Malnutrition - diagnosis
Malnutrition - epidemiology
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
men
Metabolic diseases
Mobility
Neuropsychology
Neurosciences
Nursing homes
Nutrition
Nutrition Assessment
Nutritional Status
Older people
Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...)
Prevalence
Primary Care Medicine
Quality of Life Research
Questionnaires
risk
Risk Factors
risk groups
screening
Sensitivity and Specificity
Social isolation
Surveys and Questionnaires
Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems
women
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Summary:OBJECTIVES: To identify older subjects at risk of malnutrition using the most appropriate tool available for the specific setting and to evaluate the Mini Nutritional Assessment short form (MNA-SF) in a sample of nonagenarians. DESIGN: Questionnaire based national screening week for the risk and prevalence of malnutrition in older people (NutriAction). SETTING: Older people in the community (CD) and in nursing homes (NH). PARTICIPANTS: General practices (n=70) and Nursing Homes (n=70). MEASUREMENTS: Questionnaire based on items from validated screening instruments: the MNA-SF, the Short Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire (SNAQ) and additional clinically relevant parameters (mobility, independence, social isolation and co-morbidities). RESULTS: In total 5,334 people were screened of which 16% were aged over 90 years. In this age group, 66% of the screened individuals were at risk of malnutrition (MNA ≤ 11), and women were affected significantly more than men (p
ISSN:1279-7707
1760-4788
DOI:10.1007/s12603-013-0033-8