Background: Malnutrition in elderly patients in institutions has become an issue of clinical
concern, but it remains largely unrecognized in acute care hospitals. The demonstrated …

MNA is a simple and accurate way to assess the nutritional status in routine practice, and is
suitable for systematic use and large epidemiologic studies. The purpose of this study was to …

Objective: This study was undertaken to estimate the prevalence of malnutrition in elderly
patients hospitalized with an acute illness, as well as to assess the clinical usefulness of …

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is often overseen in elderly acute medical patients. It is a need
for a simple and robust screening tool. OBJECTIVE: The aim was to evaluate, with regard to …

A nutritional screening and early intervention program was administered to older adults in a
subacute care facility. The study group was recruited among patients aged 65 or older, who …

Background There are a plethora of nutrition screening tools (NSTs) in use in a variety of
clinical settings that are either unvalidated and/or not client specific. There is a need for an …

Background The present study aimed to evaluate a short‐form (MNA‐SF) version of the Mini
Nutritional Assessment (MNA), in which some of the items were operationalised, based on …

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is common in older adults and early and appropriate nutrition
intervention can lead to positive quality of life and health outcomes. OBJECTIVE: The …

The purpose was to compare, in elderly hospitalized patients, the performance of widely
used nutritional screening and assessment tools and anthropometric parameters with the …

Background: Malnutrition is prevalent in elderly populations. Recommended methods of
nutritional screening are often too complicated and time-consuming for routine application in …