%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of the mini-nutritional assessment short-form (MNA-SF) among institutionalized older patients in Spain
%A de Luis
%A D. A.
%A L¨®pez Mongil
%A R.
%A Gonz¨¢lez Sagrado
%A M.
%A L¨®pez Trigo
%A J. A.
%A Mora
%A P. F.
%A Castrodeza Sanz
%A J.
%A 
%J Nutrici¨®n Hospitalaria
%D 2011
%I Sociedad Espa?ola de Nutrici¨®n Parenteral y Enteral
%X introduction: in the present study, we evaluated a short form version of mna test in a multicenter study and the relationship of different biochemical markers with mnasf scores. material and methods: this was a cross-sectional survey covering a sample of representative of the older institutionalized spanish population aged above 65 years (n = 873). a mini nutritional assessment short form test (mna-sf) was used. results: the number of patients classified as well nouri shed (42.1%) was larger in the 65-74 (52.6%) range than in the 75-84 (40.2%), 85-94 (43.8%) and > 95 (24%) age ranges. risk of undernutrition occurred in a total of 506 patients (57.9%), risk of undernutrition was larger in > 95 (76%) range than in 65-74 (47.4%), 75-84 (59.8%) and 85-94 range (56.2%). no differences were detected between males and females at risk of undernutrition (odds ratio: 0.85 ci 95%: 0.64-1.12). conclusion: in this multicenter study, institutionalized patients have a high prevalence of at risk of malnutrition assessed by mna-sf test.
%K institutionalized patients
%K malnutrition
%K nutrition evaluation.
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