A number of nutrition screening and assessment tools have been applied to older adults. These tools can identify the risk for or existence of malnutrition but do not identify specific interventions. No one tool has been identified as superior to the others for use in older adult populations, ...
A tool to assess nutritional status in older persons was really needed. It took 5 years to design the MNA® (Mini Nutrition Assessment) tool, complete the first validations studies both in Europe and in the U.S. and to publish it. After the full MNA®, the MNA® short form and ...
Comparison of tools for nutritional assessment and screening at hospital admission: a population study. Clin Nutr. 2006;25:409–17. Article PubMed Google Scholar Kaiser MJ, Bauer JM, Ramsch C, Uter W, Guigoz Y, Cederholm T, et al. Frequency of malnutrition in older adults: a ...
This study was designed to assess the needs for nutrition education and educational materials for older adults. Two cross-sectional surveys were conducted. The first survey, conducted by personal interviews, was part of the large-scale elderly nutrition study. Subjects were adults aged 50 and over...
The Journal of Frailty & Aging - Develop and evaluate the feasibility and validity of the Nutrition and Functionality Assessment (NFA) which identifies "target" older adults who...Okubo, YoshiroNemoto, M.Osuka, Y.Jung, S.Seino, S.Figueroa, R....
Clinical study of mini-nutritional assessment for older Chinese inpatients. BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is a common problem in older patients. Early detection of malnutrition is an important task in clinical practice. The MNA has beco... Z Lei,D Qingyi,G Feng,... - 《Journal of Nutrition Health...
and BMI for women. The utility of HANI for the older population studied can be enhanced by the provision of an online assessment and monitoring tool. This tool can be used for several purposes such as nutritional education in the community or general population, and diagnosis of potential risk...
The MNA provides a rapid assessment of nutritional status and has been validated in adults. The aim is to identify patients who would benefit from nutritional intervention. It includes anthropometric measures, questions related to lifestyle and mobility, dietary questions, and subjective assessment [44...
Two health literacy tools will be used here. eHEALS is a validated measure of eHealth literacy for older adults [40]. It is an 8-item measure that questions the participants use of internet-based resources. The All Aspects of Health Literacy Scale (AAHLS) captures general health literacy [41...
Analytical bias in the measurement of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations impairs assessment of vitamin D status in clinical and research settings. PLoS ONE. 2015;10:e0135478. Article PubMed PubMed Central CAS Google Scholar Lucas R, Neale R. What is the optimal level of vitamin D?: ...