The application and evaluation of the elderly malnutrition assessment methods
- VernacularTitle:简易营养评价法及简易营养评价精法对老年人营养不良的评价
- Author:
Yangli HE
;
Zaijin JIAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Nutrition assessment;
Nutrition disorders
- From:
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
2000;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To evaluate mini-nutritional assessment (MNA), short-form ~mini-nutritional assessment ( MNA-SF) and classical nutritional assessment (CNA) in order to assess the nutritional status of aged people. Methods By MNA, MNA-SF and classical nutritional biochemistry markers, the nutritional status of 144 hospitalized elderly was investigated. Results (1) The nutritional status of 144 hospitalized aged people measured by MNA was that the prevalence of malnutrition and risk of malnutrition were 36.1% and 46.5% respectively. By using MNA-SF, the prevalence of malnutrition was 71.5%, and the prevalence of malnutrition ranged from 13.2% to 72.2% when we used classical method. (2) The correlation coefficients of MNA and CNA indexes of BMI, the circumferences of leg and upper arm, TSF, serum albumin, PAB, TG and Hb were 0.204~0.617 (P
