Outcomes related to nutrition screening in community living older adults: A systematic literature review

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 62, Issue , 2016, Pages 9-25

  Hamirudin, Aliza Haslinda ^a,b   Charlton, Karen ^a   Walton, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Community; Malnutrition; Nutrition intervention; Nutrition screening; Older adults; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN NUTRITION SCREENING INITIATIVE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETETICS; ELDERLY NUTRITION SCREENING; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MALNUTRITION SCREENING TOOL; MALNUTRITION UNIVERSAL SCREENING TOOL; MASS SCREENING; MEAL; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT-SHORT FORM; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITION INFORMATION RESOURCES; NUTRITION SCREENING; NUTRITION SCREENING INITIATIVE; NUTRITION SERVICE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL FORM FOR THE ELDERLY; NUTRITIONAL RISK INDEX; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORAL NUTRITION SUPPLEMENTS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; ADULT; AGING; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84952984751     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2015.09.007     Document Type: Article

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