Mini Nutritional Assessment Scale-Short Form can be useful for frailty screening in older adults

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SOYSAL P., Veronese N., Arik F., Kalan U., Smith L., IŞIK A. T.

CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS IN AGING, cilt.14, ss.693-699, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Cilt numarası: 14
• Basım Tarihi: 2019
• Doi Numarası: 10.2147/cia.s196770
• Dergi Adı: CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS IN AGING
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.693-699
• Anahtar Kelimeler: malnutrition, frailty, nutritional status, pre-frailty
• Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form MNA-SF) is used to assess nutritional status in older adults, but it is not known whether it can be used to define frailty. This study was aimed to investigate whether or not MNA-SF can identify frailty status as defined by Fried's criteria.