The two-step Mini Nutritional Assessment procedure in community resident homes

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1211-1218

  Wikby, Kerstin ^a   Ek, Anna Christina ^b   Christensson, Lennart ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Interrater reliability; Nurses; Nursing; Nutritional status; Resident homes; Staff education

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 42349084410     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02012.x     Document Type: Article

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