Assessment of the nutritional status among residents in a Danish nursing home - Health effects of a formulated food and meal policy

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2288-2293

  Kuosma, Kirsi ^a   Hjerrild, Joan ^a   Pedersen, Preben Ulrich ^b   Hundrup, Yrsa Andersen ^c  

^a OK Hjemmet Lotte   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing homes; Nutrition; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DENMARK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLICY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY;

EID: 49749092132     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02203.x     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Beck AM Kofod J (2003) Mealtime Service in Nursing Care Centres. [Report in Danish], Fødevaredirektoratet, FødevareRapport 2003:04.
2. Beck AM Ovesen L (2002) Body mass index, weight loss and energy intake of old Danish nursing home residents and home-care clients. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Science 16, 86 90.
3. Beck AM Ovesen L (2004) Skipping of meals has a significant impact on dietary intake and nutritional status of old (65 + y) nursing home residents. The Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging 8, 390 394.
4. Beck AM, Pedersen AN Schroll M (2005) Undervægt og utilsigtet vægttab hos ældre på plejecentre og i hjemmepleje- problemer der bør gøres noget ved [Underweight and unintentional weight loss among elderly in nursing homes and in home care - problems requiring attention]. Ugeskrift for laeger 167/3, 272 274.
5. Berry EM Marcus EL (2000) Disorders of eating in the elderly. Journal of Adult Development 7, 87 99.
6. Christensson L, Ek A-C Unosson M (2001) Individually adjusted meals for older people with protein-energy malnutrition: a single case-study. Journal of Clinical Nursing 10, 491 502.
7. Christensson L, Unoson M Ek C (2002) Evaluation of nutritional assessment techniques in elderly people newly admitted to municipal care. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 56, 810 818.
8. Diem K Seldrup J (1982) Introduction to Statistics, Statistical Tables, Mathematical Formulae, 8th edn. Ciba-Geigy Limited, Basel.
9. Guigoz Y, Laugue S Vellas BJ (2002) Identifying the elderly at risk for malnutrition. The Mini Nutritional Assessment. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 18, 737 757.
10. Hughes G, Bennett KM Hetherington MM (2004) Old and alone: barriers to healthy eating in older men. Appetite 43, 269 276.
11. Laugue S, Arnaud-Battandier F, Mansourian R, Guigoz Y, Paintin M, Nourhashemi F Vellas B (2000) Protein-energy oral supplementation in malnourished nursing-home residents. A controlled study. Age and Ageing 29, 51 56.
12. Mathey M-FAM, Vanneste VGG, de Graf C, de Groot L van Staveren WA (2001) Health effect of improved meal ambiance in a Dutch nursing home: A 1-year intervention study. Preventive Medicine 32, 416 423.
13. Mikkelsen BE, Beck AM Lassen A (2006) Do recommendations for institutional food service result in better food service. A study of compliance in Danish hospitals and nursing homes from 1995 to 2002-2003. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 61, 129 134.
14. Nijs KA, de Graaf C, Kok FJ van Staveren WA (2006a) Effect of family style mealtimes on quality of life, physical performance and body weight of nursing home residents: cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ 332, 1180 1184.
15. Nijs KA, de Graaf C, Sieblink E, Blauw YH, Vanneste V van Staveren WA (2006b) Effects of family-style meals on energy intake and risk of malnutrition in Dutch nursing home residents: a randomized controlled trial. The Journals of Gerontology Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 61, 935 942.
16. Parker BA Chapman IM (2004) Food intake and ageing - the role of gut. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 125, 859 866.
17. Pedersen PU (2005) Nutritional care: the effectiveness of actively involving older patients. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 247 255.
18. Polit DF Hungler BP (1987) Nursing Research - Principles and Methods, 3rd edn. J.B. Lippincott Company, London.
19. Rubenstein LZ, Harker JO, Salva A, Guigoz Y Vellas BJ (2001) Screening for undernutrition in geriatric practice: developing the short-form mini-nutritional assessment (MNA-SF). The Journals of Gerontology Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 56, M366 M372.
20. Saletti A, Lindgren EY, Johansson L Cederholm C (2000) Nutritional status according to mini nutritional assessment in an institutionalized elderly population in Sweden. Gerontology 46, 139 145.
21. Shahar D, Shai I, Vardi H Fraser D (2003) Dietary intake and eating patterns of elderly people in Israel: who is at nutritional risk European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 57, 18 25.
22. Soini H, Routasalo P Lagström H (2004) Characteristics of the Mini-Nutritional Assessment in elderly home-care patients. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 58, 64 70.
23. Suominen M, Muurinen S, Routasasalo P, Soini H, Suur-Uski I, Piponen A, Finne-Soveri H Pitkala KH (2005) Malnutrition and associated factors among aged residents in all nursing homes in Helsinki. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 59, 578 583.