The Malnutrition Screening Tool is a useful tool for identifying malnutrition risk in residential aged care

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 545-550

  Isenring, E ^a   Bauer, J ^b   Banks, M ^c   Gaskill, D ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Wesley Research Institute   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietetics; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Nutrition screening; Residential aged care

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MALNUTRITION SCREENING TOOL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBJECTIVE GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70450209446     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2009.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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