Self-reported body weight and height on admission to hospital: A reliable method in multi-professional evidence-based nutritional care?

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 509-517

  Geurden, Bart ^a   Franck, Erik ^b   Van Looy, Luc ^c   Weyler, Joost ^d   Ysebaert, Dirk ^e  

^a Department of Health Care   (Belgium)

^b Karel de Grote University College   (Belgium)

^c GZA Hospitals St   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Body weight; Malnutrition; Nursing; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT ADMISSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84866779809     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2012.02066.x     Document Type: Article

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