Frequency of Malnutrition in Older Adults: A Multinational Perspective Using the Mini Nutritional Assessment
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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.
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Reported prevalence rates of malnutrition are generally below 10% in independently living older persons and increase up to two thirds in hospitalized older patients.
“Reported prevalence rates are generally below 10% in independently living older persons and increase up to two thirds in hospitalized older patients (5,6).”
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- Authors
- Kaiser, M. J., Bauer, J. M., Rämsch, C., Uter, W., Guigoz, Y., Cederholm, T., Thomas, D. R., Anthony, P. S., Charlton, K. E., Maggio, M., Tsai, A. C., Vellas, B., Sieber, C. C., & for the Mini Nutritional Assessment International Group
- Affiliations
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Saint Louis University (US)
- University of Wollongong (AU)
- University of Parma (IT)
- Asia University (TW)
- Inserm (FR)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-09
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1734-1738
- ISSN
- 0002-8614 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-5415
- OpenAlex
- W1526940666
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- FWCI
- 23.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Keywords
- malnutrition, older adults, Mini Nutritional Assessment, prevalence, nutritional risk, nursing homes, rehabilitation, hospitalized patients, community-dwelling older adults
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Humans, Male, Nursing Homes, Population Surveillance, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, United States, Geriatric Assessment, Nutrition Assessment, Prevalence, Malnutrition
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