Nutritional screening tools and anthropometric measures associate with hospital discharge outcomes in older people.

E Dent; I Chapman; C Piantadosi; R Visvanathan

doi:10.1111/ajag.12130

Nutritional screening tools and anthropometric measures associate with hospital discharge outcomes in older people.

E Dent^*, I Chapman, C Piantadosi, R Visvanathan

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Aim:
To examine the association of nutritional screening tools (NSTs) and anthropometric measures with hospital outcomes in older people.

Methods:
In 172 patients aged ≥70 years admitted to a Geriatric Evaluation Management Unit (GEMU), nutritional status was measured using the Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA), MNA-short form (MNA-SF), Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI), Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire, calf circumference (CC), mid-arm circumference (MAC) and BMI.

Results:
Malnutrition according to the MNA occurred in 53 (31%) patients. Functional change was associated with GNRI (Beta coefficient (β), 95% CI = 0.17, 0.001–0.33) and CC (β, 95% CI = 0.17, 0.01–0.33); GEMU length of stay was associated with MNA-SF-BMI (β, 95% CI = −0.02, −0.003 to −0.004) and MNA-SF-CC (β, 95% CI = −0.02, −0.003 to −0.001). MAC was associated with discharge to higher level of care (OR, 95% CI = 0.88, 0.81–0.96).

Conclusion:
In hospitalised older people, admission NSTs and anthropometric measures associate with discharge outcomes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	E1-E6
Number of pages	6
Journal	Australasian Journal on Ageing
Volume	34
Issue number	1
Early online date	21 Jan 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12130
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2015
Externally published	Yes

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