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A simple remote nutritional screening tool and practical guidance for nutritional care in primary practice during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Krznarić, Željko, Bender, Darija Vranešić, Laviano, Alessandro, Cuerda, Cristina, Landi, Francesco, Monteiro, Rosario, Pirlich, Matthias, Barazzoni, Rocco·2020·Clinical Nutrition
DOI 10.1016/j.clnu.2020.05.006PMC PMC7227572
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Challenging periods like the COVID-19 pandemic require fast and efficient adaptations of the healthcare system. It is vital that every patient has access to nutritional care as a part of primary healthcare services, even if social distancing measures are adopted. Therefore, we propose a simple remote nutritional screening tool and practical guidance for nutritional care in primary practice, and their implementation into telemedicine processes and digital platforms suitable for healthcare providers. The acronym for the tool is R-MAPP, as for Remote - Malnutrition APP, while the tool will be available also as an app. This protocol consists of two simple validated clinical tools for identifying nutritional risk and loss of muscle mass and function -Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool ('MUST') and SARC-F (5-item questionnaire: Strength, Assistance with walking, Rise from a chair, Climb stairs and Falls) - and additional practical guidance on nutritional interventions for family physicians.

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Krznarić, Ž., Bender, D. V., Laviano, A., Cuerda, C., Landi, F., Monteiro, R., Pirlich, M., & Barazzoni, R.
Affiliations
  • University Hospital Centre Zagreb (HR)
  • Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
  • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (ES)
  • Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic (IT)
  • University of Trieste (IT)
Corresponding author
Krznarić, Željko
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Venue
Clinical Nutrition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-07
Volume
39
Issue
7
Pages
1983-1987
ISSN
0261-5614 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.clnu.2020.05.006
PMC
PMC7227572
OpenAlex
W3025426989
Cited by
79
References
7
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 15
FWCI
9.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Clinical Nutrition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ArTS Archivio della ricerca di Trieste (University of Trieste https://www.units.it/) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Abbott Nutrition
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
Keywords
malnutrition, COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine, primary care, dietary management, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool, SARC-F, muscle mass and function, nutritional risk, digital health apps, general practitioners
MeSH terms
Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Humans, Nutritional Status, Pneumonia, Viral, Nutrition Assessment, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Coronavirus Infections, Remote Consultation, Malnutrition, Pandemics

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