Malnutrition is related to functional impairment in older adults receiving home care

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 345-350

  Kiesswetter, Eva ^a   Pohlhausen, S ^b   Uhlig, K ^c   Diekmann, R ^a   Lesser, S ^b   Heseker, H ^c   Stehle, P ^b   Sieber, C C ^a   Volkert, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activities of Daily Living; functional status; home care; Mini Nutritional Assessment; performance tests

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84880700820     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-012-0409-1     Document Type: Article

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