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Validation of the Spanish version of the Edinburgh feeding evaluation in dementia scale applied to institutionalized
Maria Carmen Saucedo Figueredo1, Juan Carlos Morilla Herrera2, Roberto Ramos Gil3
1Los Boliches Health Centre Costa del Sol Primary Health Care District Málaga Spain.
Aim:
The aim of this study was to obtain a Spanish version of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia Scale version, to assess its reliability for use by medical staff and caregivers at residential care homes, to evaluate by confirmatory methods its construct validity. A further aim was to determine the criterion validity with respect to biochemical markers of malnutrition such as serum albumin, transferrin, cholesterol and lymphocytes, the body mass index and the mini nutritional assessment.
Design:
Clinimetric cross-validation study.
Methods:
Institutionalized subjects with dementia will be observed while consuming meals and evaluated with the instrument independently by nurses and caregivers.
