Mini nutritional assessment is a good predictor of functional status in institutionalised elderly at risk of malnutrition

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 700-705

  Cereda, Emanuele ^a   Valzolgher, Laura ^b   Pedrolli, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Trento Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barthel Index; Functional status; Institutionalised elderly; Mini nutritional assessment (MNA); Oral intake; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EATING HABIT; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 53549099656     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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