Assessment and treatment of malnutrition in Dutch Geriatric practice: Consensus through a modified Delphi study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 399-404

  Van Asselt, Dieneke Z B ^a   Van Bokhorst de van der Schueren, Marian A E ^b   Van der Cammen, Tischa J M ^c   Disselhorst, Luc G M ^d   Janse, Andre ^e   Lonterman Monasch, Sabine ^f   Maas, Huub A A M ^g   Popescu, Miruna E ^h   Schölzel Dorenbos, Carla J M ⁱ   Sipers, Walter M W H ^j   Veldhoven, Carel M M ^k   Wijnen, Hugo H ^l   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^m  

^a MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d General Psychiatric Hospital   (Netherlands)

^e GELDERSE VALLEI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f Geriatric Medicine   (Netherlands)

^g CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^h Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

ⁱ SLINGELAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^j Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^k Primary Care   (Netherlands)

^l RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^m RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Consensus; Delphi technique; Elderly; Geriatric patients; Guideline; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; FLUID THERAPY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT CHANGE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONSENSUS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALNUTRITION; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860504392     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs005     Document Type: Article

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