The Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form and mortality in nursing home residents — Results from the INCUR study

• DOI: 10.1007/s12603-014-0533-1
• Publication Date: 2014-11-14T21:21:43Z
• Authors: Matthieu Lilamand; E. Kelaiditi; L. Demougeot; Y. Rolland; B. Vellas; M. Cesari
• Keywords: Male; Nutritional Status; 612; 613; Body Mass Index; Eating; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Humans; Prospective Studies; Mortality; Geriatric Assessment; Aged; Proportional Hazards Models; Aged, 80 and over; 2. Zero hunger; Incidence; Malnutrition; Age Factors; Pneumonia; 16. Peace & justice; Nursing Homes; 3. Good health; Nutrition Assessment; mini nutritional assessment; nursing homes; Older age; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Body Mass Index; Eating; Female; Follow-Up Studies; France; Humans; Incidence; Male; Malnutrition; Nutritional Status; Pneumonia; Proportional Hazards Models; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Weight Loss; Geriatric Assessment; Mortality; Nursing Homes; Nutrition Assessment; Medicine (miscellaneous); Nutrition and Dietetics; Geriatrics and Gerontology; Female; France; Follow-Up Studies

To examine whether the Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form (MNA-SF) score and its individual items are predictors of mortality in a nursing home population.