Predictive ability of the Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form (MNA-SF) in a free-living elderly population: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Background Various scales have been used to perform a quick and first level nutritional assessment, and the MNA is one of the most used and recommended by experts in the elderly in all areas. This scale has a short form, the MNA-SF, revised and validated
Raimunda Montejano Lozoya +4 more
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Nutritional Status According to the Short-Form Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF) and Clinical Characteristics as Predictors of Length of Stay, Mortality, and Readmissions Among Older Inpatients in China: A National Study [PDF]
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 BackgroundStudies are scarce in China that explore the association of nutritional status, measured using the Short-Form Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF) and biochemical data, on adverse clinical outcomes among older inpatients.
Hongpeng Liu +10 more
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Screening efficacy of PhA and MNA-SF in different stages of sarcopenia in the older adults in community [PDF]
BMC Geriatrics, 2023 Objective To compare the screening ability of the phase Angle (PhA) and the Short-Form Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF) alone and combined detection in the different stages of sarcopenia among the older adults in the community.
Xiaoli Zhu +5 more
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The screening score of Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) is a useful routine screening tool for malnutrition risk in patients on maintenance dialysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 PURPOSE:Malnutrition is prevalent in patients on dialysis and is associated with morbidity and mortality. Nutritional status can be assessed by a variety of biochemical and physical parameters or nutritional assessment scores.
Els Holvoet +4 more
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The prevalence of malnutrition (MUST and MNA-SF), frailty and physical disability and relationship with mortality in older care home residents [PDF]
Clinical Nutrition Open Science, 2023 Summary: Background & Aims: Currently, there is lack of universal consensus on the use of effective malnutrition screening tools. Although malnutrition, frailty and physical disability are interrelated and associated with mortality in older people ...
Yanxin Tu +3 more
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The role of caregivers’ self-compassion in care recipients’ depression and malnutrition: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC GeriatricsBackground Social isolation among older adults receiving home care may adversely affect their psychological and nutritional status. As care recipients are externally dependent, their health outcomes should not be evaluated independently of caregivers ...
Cigdem Bozkir +2 more
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Metabolic–Nutritional Associations with Depression in Elderly Chronic Kidney Disease Patients: Hemodialysis Versus Non-Dialysis Populations [PDF]
MetabolitesBackground/Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the interrelationship between depression and nutritional–metabolic status in geriatric patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), and to identify the contributing clinical and sociodemographic factors,
Sedat Ozdemir +2 more
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Risk of malnutrition, food insecurity, dietary quality, and associated factors among Malawian older adults at hospital admission: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC GeriatricsBackground Malnutrition adversely affects health outcomes and healthcare costs; however, limited data are available on the prevalence and burden of malnutrition in older adults at hospital admission in developing countries. Therefore, this study aimed to
Getrude Mphwanthe +7 more
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Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2021 Background: Nutrition of the elderly affects immunity and functional ability and leads to increased morbidity and mortality. Validation of a short-form (SF) scale will make the assessment easier for primary care physicians.
Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy +2 more
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Evaluation of the Iranian Mini Nutritional Assessment Short-Form in Community-dwelling Elderly [PDF]
Health Promotion Perspectives, 2015 Background: This study was aimed to assess agreement and diagnostic accuracy of the Iranian version of Mini Nutritional Assessment short-form (MNA-SF) against the original MNA, as a gold standard in community-dwelling elderly. Methods: The full MNA
Aida Malek Mahdavi +4 more
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