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| Nutritional status according to Mini Nutritional Assessment in an institutionalized elderly population in Sweden | | Author(s) | Anja Saletti, Elinor Yifter Lindgren, Lennarth Johansson |
| Journal title | Gerontology, vol 46, no 3, May-June 2000 |
| Pages | pp 139-145 |
| Keywords | Nutrition ; Malnutrition ; Evaluation ; Sheltered housing ; Group homes ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | Ageing and chronic disease are risk factors for nutritional disturbances. In addition, insufficient dietary routines in caregiving institutions may contribute to the risk. This study evaluated the nutritional status of all individuals in assisted accommodation (service flats, residential care homes, nursing homes, and group living for people with dementia) in three Swedish municipalities. A total of 872 residents were examined using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) scale. Based on the MNA, one third of the study subjects living in assisted accommodation, and more than half of those living in nursing homes, appeared to be malnourished. The study concluded that further research is needed to assess to what extent these nutritional disturbances are reversible. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000511405 A |
| Classmark | CF: CSM: 4C: KLA: KLN: KW: LHB: 76P |
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