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Matthias J Kaiser1, Jürgen M Bauer, Wolfgang Uter
1Institute for Biomedicine of Aging, Friedrich-Alexander University, Nuremberg, Germany. dr-kaiser@web.de
Objectives:
To validate the modified Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) short-forms (MNA-SFs) with respect to agreement with full MNA classification in the target populations of the MNA.
Design:
Prospective analysis.
Setting:
Community, nursing home, rehabilitation.
Participants:
Six hundred fifty-seven individuals aged 65 and older (75.3% female; mean age 82.3 ± 7.4).
Measurements:
Classification agreement between full MNA score and MNA-SF scores.
Results:
Agreement between the full MNA and classification using the MNA-SFs was 84.6% when the MNA-SF using body mass index (BMI) was applied and 81.4% when the MNA-SF using calf circumference (CC) was applied. The highest agreement of classification was found in the community setting (90.8% and 90.4%, respectively) and the lowest in the rehabilitation setting (72.4% and 71.4%, respectively). Both MNA-SFs tended to underestimate nutritional status, but that was significant only for the MNA-SF with CC.
Conclusion:
The modified MNA-SFs represent a valuable tool for rapid and reliable nutritional screening.
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