Does undernutrition still prevail among nursing home residents?

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 562-568

  Törmä, Johanna ^a   Winblad, Ulrika ^a   Cederholm, Tommy ^a   Saletti, Anja ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Mini Nutritional Assessment; Mortality; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EQ 5D SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT SHORT FORM; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84879460830     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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