Malnutrition in older adults

E Dent, ORL Wright, J Woo, EO Hoogendijk - The Lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Malnutrition is a highly prevalent condition in older adults, and poses a substantial burden
on health, social, and aged-care systems. Older adults are vulnerable to malnutrition due to …

Sarcopenic dysphagia, malnutrition, and oral frailty in elderly: a comprehensive review

A de Sire, M Ferrillo, L Lippi, F Agostini, R de Sire… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Frailty is a highly prevalent condition in the elderly that has been increasingly considered as
a crucial public health issue, due to the strict correlation with a higher risk of fragility …

Prevalence of protein-energy malnutrition risk in European older adults in community, residential and hospital settings, according to 22 malnutrition screening tools …

S Leij-Halfwerk, MH Verwijs, S van Houdt, JW Borkent… - Maturitas, 2019 - Elsevier
This systematic review and meta-analysis assesses the prevalence of protein-energy
malnutrition risk across different health-care settings in European older adults, using 22 …

The role of nutrition for pressure injury prevention and healing: the 2019 international clinical practice guideline recommendations

N Munoz, ME Posthauer, E Cereda… - Advances in skin & …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Acknowledgments: Dr Munoz has disclosed that she is a member of the Board of Directors
for the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel and the cochair of the small work group that …

Risk factors for falls among seniors: implications of gender

VC Chang, MT Do - American journal of epidemiology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Despite extensive literature on falls among seniors, little is known about gender-specific risk
factors. To determine the prevalence of falls by gender and sociodemographic …

A review of the validity of malnutrition screening tools used in older adults in community and healthcare settings–A MaNuEL study

L Power, D Mullally, ER Gibney, M Clarke… - Clinical nutrition …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Older adults are at increased risk of malnutrition compared to their younger
counterparts. Malnutrition screening should be conducted using a valid malnutrition …

Identifying and managing malnutrition, frailty and sarcopenia in the community: a narrative review

S Roberts, P Collins, M Rattray - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Malnutrition, frailty and sarcopenia are becoming increasingly prevalent among community-
dwelling older adults; yet are often unidentified and untreated in community settings. There …

Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM): Guidance on validation of the operational criteria for the diagnosis of protein-energy malnutrition in adults

MAE De Van Der Schueren, H Keller, T Cederholm… - Clinical nutrition, 2020 - Elsevier
Summary Background The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) created a
consensus-based framework consisting of phenotypic and etiologic criteria to record the …

Nutrition screening tools: an analysis of the evidence

A Skipper, M Ferguson, K Thompson… - Journal of Parenteral …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In response to questions about tools for nutrition screening, an evidence analysis project
was developed to identify the most valid and reliable nutrition screening tools for use in …

Association of low muscle mass with cognitive function during a 3-year follow-up among adults aged 65 to 86 years in the Canadian longitudinal study on aging

AJ Tessier, SS Wing, E Rahme, JA Morais… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cross-sectional studies have shown that combined low muscle mass and
strength are associated with cognitive impairment. Whether low muscle mass, reflective of …