Tools to assess the nutritional status of acutely ill older adults.
Journal article, 2006

Nurses are responsible for identifying patients who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. They are also expected to follow-up patients' nutritional status and to initiate preventive and caring interventions. The aim of this Swedish study was to explore whether simple assessment tools used during hospital admission could identify older adults at risk of malnutrition.

Sensitivity and Specificity

Nutritional Status

standards

Hospitals

nursing

Mass Screening

Energy Intake

Medical History Taking

methods

Nursing Assessment

Geriatric Assessment

Nursing Evaluation Research

diagnosis

Risk Assessment

Malnutrition

Geriatric Nursing

methods

Aged

Acute Disease

etiology

Sweden

nursing

Risk Factors

methods

Nutrition Assessment

Nurse's Role

Female

standards

Body Mass Index

University

Humans

Male

Author

Mathilda Svahn Holmén

University of Gothenburg

Barbro Robertsson

University of Gothenburg

Helle Wijk

University of Gothenburg

Nursing older people

1472-0795 (ISSN)

Vol. 18 5 31-35

Subject Categories

Nursing

Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified

PubMed

16827063

More information

Created

10/10/2017