Screening for malnutrition in nursing home residents: Comparison of different risk markers and their association to functional impairment

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 357-363

  Stange, Inken ^a   Poeschl, K ^b   Stehle, P ^b   Sieber, C C ^a   Volkert, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

functionality; malnutrition; MNA; nursing home; nutritional risk; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERMANY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOOD; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84880698764     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-013-0021-z     Document Type: Article

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