Comparison of two different approaches for the application of the mini nutritional assessment in nursing homes: Resident interviews versus assessment by nursing staff

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 863-869

  Kaiser, R ^a   Winning, K ^a   Uter, W ^a   Lesser, S ^b   Stehle, P ^b   Sieber, C C ^a   Bauer, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Mini nutritional assessment; Nursing home; Nutrional screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 74049145271     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-009-0243-2     Document Type: Article

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