Which characteristics of nursing home residents influence differences in malnutrition prevalence? An international comparison of The Netherlands, Germany and Austria

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1129-1136

  Van Nie Visser, Noémi C ^a   Meijers, Judith ^a   Schols, Jos ^a   Lohrmann, Christa ^b   Bartholomeyczik, Sabine ^c   Spreeuwenberg, Marieke ^a   Halfens, Ruud ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Nursing homes; Resident characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME FOR THE AGED; LENGTH OF STAY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84899702030     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114513003541     Document Type: Article

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