The relationship between nutritional status and physical function, admission frequency, length of hospital stay, and mortality in old people living in long-term care facilities

Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 110-121

  Lin, Sin Jie ^a   Hwang, Shinn Jang ^b   Liu, Chieh Yu ^c   Lin, Hung Ru ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Admission frequency; Hospital stay duration; Long term care facility; Mortality; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84865299142     PISSN: 16823141     EISSN: 1948965X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/jnr.0b013e318254eac9     Document Type: Review

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