Usefulness of Six Diagnostic and Screening Measures for Undernutrition in Predicting Length of Hospital Stay: A Comparative Analysis

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 927-938

  Guerra, Rita S ^a,b,c   Fonseca, Isabel ^b   Pichel, Fernando ^b   Restivo, Maria T ^c   Amaral, Teresa F ^c  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Handgrip strength; Length of hospital stay; Malnutrition; Phase angle; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929955220     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2014.11.015     Document Type: Article

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