Utilizing predictive resident-focused problems to improve nutritional outcomes in nursing homes

The purpose of this article is to describe nutritional problems that may be predictive of poor resident outcomes in nursing homes. In a recent study, seven resident-focused problems or categories that may affect malnutrition and/or food intake were identified (Crogan and Alvine, 2006; Crogan et al.,...

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Published in:European journal of clinical nutrition 2009-07, Vol.63 (7), p.913-915
Main Authors: Crogan, N.L, Evans, B.C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Appetite
Biological and medical sciences
blood serum
body mass index
Clinical Nutrition
Control
depression
Diet
Eating
elderly
elderly nutrition
Epidemiology
Feeding. Feeding behavior
Female
Food intake
Food Preferences
functional status
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health aspects
Health Facility Environment
human diseases
Humans
Individuality
Internal Medicine
Long-Term Care - methods
Male
Malnutrition
Malnutrition - nursing
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Nursing home patients
Nursing Homes
Nutrition Assessment
Nutritional Status
Older people
Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...)
Patient Care Team
personal preferences
prealbumin
Prealbumin - analysis
prediction
Public Health
Quality of Life
Regression Analysis
Services
short-communication
Social Environment
Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems
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Summary:The purpose of this article is to describe nutritional problems that may be predictive of poor resident outcomes in nursing homes. In a recent study, seven resident-focused problems or categories that may affect malnutrition and/or food intake were identified (Crogan and Alvine, 2006; Crogan et al., 2007). Regression analysis found that three of seven resident-focused problems were predictive of low serum prealbumin levels, impaired functional status and improved quality of life.
ISSN:0954-3007
1476-5640
DOI:10.1038/ejcn.2008.73