The journal of nutrition, health & aging
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J Nutr Health Aging · Apr 2013
Capacity to consent to biomedical research's evaluation among older cognitively impaired patients. A study to validate the University of California Brief Assessment of Capacity to Consent questionnaire in French among older cognitively impaired patients.
Some studies have highlighted the difficulty for physicians to evaluate patient's ability to consent to bio-medical research in the elderly population. The University of California Brief Assessment of Capacity to Consent (UBACC) is a rapid questionnaire to assess the ability to consent, previously validated among schizophrenic patients. ⋯ The UBACC scale, in its French version, was accurate to assess capacity to consent in an older, cognitively impaired population.
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J Nutr Health Aging · Apr 2013
Nutritional status according to the mini nutritional assessment (MNA®) and frailty in community dwelling older persons: a close relationship.
This study investigates the association between MNA results and frailty status in community-dwelling older adults. In addition the relevance of singular MNA items and subscores in this regard was tested. ⋯ These results underline the close association between frailty syndrome and nutritional status in older persons. A profound understanding of the interdependency of these two geriatric concepts will represent the basis for successful treatment strategies.
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J Nutr Health Aging · Apr 2013
Screening for malnutrition in nursing home residents: comparison of different risk markers and their association to functional impairment.
To identify nursing home residents with malnutrition or at risk of malnutrition by using different markers, determine if the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA®) is able to identify all residents at risk according to single risk markers and explore the relation between risk markers and functional impairment. ⋯ The high prevalence of nutritional risk highlights the importance of regular screening of nursing home residents. The MNA identified nearly all residents with low BMI, WL and LI. The close association between nutritional risk and functional impairment requires increased awareness for nutritional problems especially in functionally impaired residents, to early initiate nutritional measures and thus, prevent further nutritional and functional deterioration.