Evaluation of nutritional assessment techniques in elderly people newly admitted to municipal care

To evaluate the Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) and the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) with regard to validity using a combination of anthropometric and serum-protein measurements as standard criteria to assess protein-energy malnutrition (PEM). Cross-sectional study with consecutive selection...

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Published in:European journal of clinical nutrition 2002-09, Vol.56 (9), p.810-818
Main Authors: CHRISTENSSON, L, UNOSSON, M, EK, A.-C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Analysis of Variance
Anthropometry
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical nutrition
Cross-Sectional Studies
Elder care
Evaluation
Female
Food and nutrition
Geriatric Assessment
Health participants
Housing
Humans
Male
Malnutrition
Medical sciences
MEDICIN
MEDICINE
Metabolic diseases
Middle Aged
Muscles
Nutrition
Nutrition Assessment
Nutritional Status - physiology
Older people
Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...)
Product/Service Evaluations
Protein-energy malnutrition
Protein-Energy Malnutrition - physiopathology
Proteins
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Regression Analysis
Residential Facilities
Serum albumin
Serum proteins
Sweden
Urban Population
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Summary:To evaluate the Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) and the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) with regard to validity using a combination of anthropometric and serum-protein measurements as standard criteria to assess protein-energy malnutrition (PEM). Cross-sectional study with consecutive selection of residents aged >or=65 y. A municipality in the south of Sweden. During a year, starting in October 1996, 148 females and 113 males, aged >or=65-104 y of age, newly admitted to special types of housing for the elderly, were included in the study. According to SGA, 53% were assessed as malnourished or moderately malnourished on admission. The corresponding figure from MNA was 79% malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. Both tools indicated that anthropometric values and serum proteins were significantly lower in residents classified as being malnourished (P
ISSN:0954-3007
1476-5640
1476-5640
DOI:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601394