Hydration status of nursing home residents in Taiwan: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 583-590

  Wu, Shu Ju ^a   Wang, Hsiu Hung ^a   Yeh, Shu Hui ^b   Wang, Yi Hsien ^c   Yang, Yung Mei ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood urea nitrogen creatinine ratio; Dehydration; Fluid intake; Hydration status; Nursing home; Residents

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEHYDRATION; DEMENTIA; DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DEHYDRATION; DEMENTIA; DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 79951533290     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05514.x     Document Type: Article

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