assessment, nutrition, elderly people

Introduction: The proportion of undernourished people among the hospitalized elderly, varies considerably, ranging between 15% - 85% depending on the methods used and the characteristics of the individuals studied. Methods: Testing of the measurement tools MNA, SGA, NRS 2002 and MUST was conducted among 500 hospitalized elderly people. Results: The results show that malnutrition was detected in a relatively large number of the elderly studied, ranging from 24% - 61.8% depending on the tests used. Key conclusion: Organizations dealing with nutrition agree that nutritional screening is necessary to identify malnourished elderly people who require additional nutritional assessment and appropriate nutritional intervention. Screening tools are designed to detect malnutrition and/or to predict the likelihood of development or aggravation of malnutrition.

Introduction: The proportion of undernourished people among the hospitalized elderly, varies considerably, ranging between 15% - 85% depending on the methods used and the characteristics of the individuals studied. Methods: Testing of the measurement tools MNA, SGA, NRS 2002 and MUST was conducted among 500 hospitalized patients. Results: The results show that malnutrition was detected in a relatively large number of the elderly studied, ranging from 24% - 61.8% depending on the tests used. Key conclusion: Organizations dealing with nutrition agree that nutritional screening is necessary to identify malnourished elderly people who require additional nutritional assessment and appropriate nutritional intervention. Screening tools are designed to detect malnutrition and/or to predict the likelihood of development or aggravation of malnutrition.