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| Nutritional screening of older people in a sub-acute care facility in Australia and its relation to discharge outcomes | | Author(s) | Renuka Visvanathan, Robert Penhall, Ian Chapman |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 33, no 3, May 2004 |
| Pages | pp 260-265 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Malnutrition ; Nutrition ; Screening ; In-patients ; Discharge [hospitals] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Australia. |
| Annotation | In this study conducted in Adelaide, Australia, 65 patients (21 male) aged 65+ were assessed using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), the standard nutritional assessment (SNA), and "rapid screen". Prevalence of under-nutrition was high. Patients identified as being under-nourished by the SNA, two-tiered MNA process and rapid screen were more likely to be readmitted to an acute hospital. The rapid screen had a higher specificity, but a slightly lower sensitivity than the two-tiered MNA process when compared to the SNA. In a facility with limited resources such as this, the "rapid screen" was found to be more useful, as it was easily incorporated into nursing or medical admissions and avoided biochemical testing in all patients. Where resources permit, then the more sensitive two-tiered MNA process may be better, as the content of the MNA may prompt and guide clinical management. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040614206 A |
| Classmark | CSM: CF: 3V: LF7: LD:QKJ: 3J: 7YA |
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