Prevalence and measures of nutritional compromise among nursing home patients: Weight loss, low body mass index, malnutrition, and feeding dependency, a systematic review of the literature

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 94-100

  Bell, Christina L ^a   Tamura, Bruce K ^a   Masaki, Kamal H ^a   Amella, Elaine J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Nursing home; Systematic review; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

APPETITE DISORDER; BODY MASS; CONSENSUS; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING DISORDER; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LONG TERM CARE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84873104109     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.10.012     Document Type: Review

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