1. Prospective Validation of the Modified Mini Nutritional Assessment Short-Forms in the Community, Nursing Home, and Rehabilitation Setting.
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Kaiser, Matthias J., Bauer, Jürgen M., Uter, Wolfgang, Donini, Lorenzo M., Stange, Inken, Volkert, Dorothee, Diekmann, Rebecca, Drey, Michael, Bollwein, Julia, Tempera, Settimio, Guerra, Alessandro, Ricciardi, Laura M., and Sieber, Cornel C.
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MEDICAL screening ,ANALYSIS of variance ,DIET ,LONGITUDINAL method ,NURSING care facilities ,NUTRITIONAL requirements ,REHABILITATION centers ,RESIDENTIAL patterns ,BODY mass index ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,DATA analysis software ,OLD age - Abstract
Objectives To validate the modified Mini Nutritional Assessment ( MNA) short-forms ( MNA- SFs) with respect to agreement with full MNA classification in the target populations of the MNA. Design Prospective analysis. Setting Community, nursing home, rehabilitation. Participants Six hundred fifty-seven individuals aged 65 and older (75.3% female; mean age 82.3 ± 7.4). Measurements Classification agreement between full MNA score and MNA- SF scores. Results Agreement between the full MNA and classification using the MNA- SFs was 84.6% when the MNA- SF using body mass index ( BMI) was applied and 81.4% when the MNA- SF using calf circumference ( CC) was applied. The highest agreement of classification was found in the community setting (90.8% and 90.4%, respectively) and the lowest in the rehabilitation setting (72.4% and 71.4%, respectively). Both MNA- SFs tended to underestimate nutritional status, but that was significant only for the MNA- SF with CC. Conclusion The modified MNA- SFs represent a valuable tool for rapid and reliable nutritional screening. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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