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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Frequency of malnutrition in older adults: A multinational perspective using the mini nutritional assessment
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Volume 58, No. 9, Year 2010
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Description
OBJECTIVES: To provide pooled data on the prevalence of malnutrition in elderly people as evaluated using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). DESIGN: Retrospective pooled analysis of previously published datasets. SETTING: Hospital, rehabilitation, nursing home, community. PARTICIPANTS: Four thousand five hundred seven people (75.2% female) with a mean age of 82.3. MEASUREMENTS: The prevalence of malnutrition in the combined database and in the four settings was examined. RESULTS: Twenty-four data sets with information on full MNA classification from researchers from 12 countries were submitted. In the combined database, the prevalence of malnutrition was 22.8%, with considerable differences between the settings (rehabilitation, 50.5%; hospital, 38.7%; nursing home, 13.8%; community, 5.8%). In the combined database, the "at risk" group had a prevalence of 46.2%. Consequently, approximately two-thirds of study participants were at nutritional risk or malnourished. CONCLUSION: The MNA has gained worldwide acceptance and shows a high prevalence of malnutrition in different settings, except for the community. Because of its specific geriatric focus, the MNA should be recommended as the basis for nutritional evaluation in older people. © 2010, The American Geriatrics Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bauer, Jürgen M.
Germany, Erlangen
Friedrich-alexander-universität Erlangen-nürnberg
Cederholm, Tommy E.
Sweden, Uppsala
Uppsala Universitet
Charlton, Karen Elizabeth
Australia, Wollongong
University of Wollongong
Maggio, Marcello Giuseppe
Italy, Parma
Azienda Ospedaliero-universitaria Di Parma
Vellas, Bruno J.
France, Paris
Inserm
Sieber, Cornel Christian
Germany, Erlangen
Friedrich-alexander-universität Erlangen-nürnberg
Statistics
Citations: 868
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03016.x
ISSN:
00028614
Research Areas
Disability
Food Security
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Participants Gender
Female