PMID: 18717007Aug 22, 2008Paper

Assessment of the nutritional status among residents in a Danish nursing home - health effects of a formulated food and meal policy

Journal of Clinical Nursing
Kirsi KuosmaYrsa Andersen Hundrup

Abstract

To gain information about the effects of implementation of a written food and meal policy and to evaluate to what extent systematic nutritional assessment and intervention would result in weight stability among the residents. Studies have shown that aged residents living in institutions suffer from malnutrition or are at risk of malnutrition. Health policies have pointed out that more attention should be given to individualised nutritional care. Several techniques are available to identify malnourished nursing home residents, but very few studies have reported findings of studies based on systematic nutritional assessment. A quasi-experimental study based on a time series design used the residents as their own controls. The study included all 20 residents who resided at the nursing home at baseline in September 2004. Five residents died during the study period (mean age 84.4 years, range 62-91 years). Altogether 15 residents (75%) were assessed all five times during the study period. The proportion of weight-stable residents increased significantly over the study from 52.6% (CI 99%: 23.1-80.2) at baseline to 87.7% (p < 0.01) at the end of the study. The proportion of weight losers significantly decreased from 42% (CI 99%: 23.1-...Continue Reading

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