Nutritional screening in a population-based cohort of community-dwelling older people
Author(s) -
Irma Nykänen,
Eija Lönnroos,
Hannu Kautiainen,
Raimo Sulkava,
Sirpa Hartikainen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cks026
Subject(s) - malnutrition , activities of daily living , geriatric depression scale , medicine , gerontology , depression (economics) , multivariate analysis , cohort , univariate analysis , cognition , physical therapy , depressive symptoms , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
The risk of malnutrition is widely recognized in institutional settings but few studies have been conducted among community-dwelling older people. The objective of this study was to describe the nutritional status and factors associated with possible malnutrition among community-dwelling older people.
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