Nutritional screening and risk factors in elderly hospitalized patients: Association to clinical outcome?

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 953-961

  Holst, Mette ^a   Yifter Lindgren, Elinor ^b   Surowiak, Mirek ^c   Nielsen, Kari ^d   Mowe, Morten ^e   Carlsson, Maine ^b   Jacobsen, Bent ^a   Cederholm, Tommy ^f,g   Fenger Groen, Morten ^h   Rasmussen, Henrik ^a,i  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Geriatric Center   (Sweden)

^c Geriatric Clinic   (Sweden)

^d Queen Alexandrines Hospital/Landssjukrahusid   (Faroe Islands)

^e AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

ⁱ AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Depression; Eating problems; Elder care; Multiprofessional care; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; DEPRESSION; EATING PROBLEMS; ELDER CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MULTIPROFESSIONAL CARE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCANDINAVIA; SCREENING;

CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; DEPRESSION; EATING PROBLEMS; ELDER CARE; MULTIPROFESSIONAL CARE; SCREENING;

AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84886599676     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/scs.12010     Document Type: Article

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