The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging© Volume 18, Number 3, 2014
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN NUTRITIONAL STATUS (MNA®-SF) AND FRAILTY (SHARE-FI) IN ACUTE HOSPITALISED ELDERLY PATIENTS T.E. DornEr1, E. LugEr1, J. TschinDErLE1, K.V. sTEin1, s. haiDEr1, a. Kapan1, c. LacKingEr3, K.E. schinDLEr2
1. institute of social Medicine, centre for public health, Medical university of Vienna, austria; 2. Department of Medicine 3, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical university of Vienna, austria; 3. Department for preventive Medicine, sportunion austria, Vienna. corresponding author: Eva Luger, Msc., institute of social Medicine, centre for public health, Medical university of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15/i, 1090 Wien, austria, Email: [email protected], phone: +43 (0)1 40160 34895, Fax: +43 (0)1 40160 934886
Abstract: Objective: This study aimed to explore the association between the impaired nutritional status and frailty in acute hospitalised elderly patients by using two tools, the Mna®-sF (Mini nutritional assessment® short-form) and the sharE-Fi (Frailty instrument for primary care of the survey of health, ageing and retirement in Europe). Design: cross-sectional study. Setting: acute hospitalised, community-dwelling elderly patients were recruited at internal medicine wards in Vienna, austria. Participants: 133 men (39%) and women (61%) aged 74 (65-97) years. Measurements: Mna®-sF was used to investigate malnutrition (
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN NUTRITIONAL STATUS (MNA®-SF) AND FRAILTY (SHARE-FI) IN ACUTE HOSPITALISED ELDERLY PATIENTS T.E. DornEr1, E. LugEr1, J. TschinDErLE1, K.V. sTEin1, s. haiDEr1, a. Kapan1, c. LacKingEr3, K.E. schinDLEr2
1. institute of social Medicine, centre for public health, Medical university of Vienna, austria; 2. Department of Medicine 3, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical university of Vienna, austria; 3. Department for preventive Medicine, sportunion austria, Vienna. corresponding author: Eva Luger, Msc., institute of social Medicine, centre for public health, Medical university of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15/i, 1090 Wien, austria, Email: [email protected], phone: +43 (0)1 40160 34895, Fax: +43 (0)1 40160 934886
Abstract: Objective: This study aimed to explore the association between the impaired nutritional status and frailty in acute hospitalised elderly patients by using two tools, the Mna®-sF (Mini nutritional assessment® short-form) and the sharE-Fi (Frailty instrument for primary care of the survey of health, ageing and retirement in Europe). Design: cross-sectional study. Setting: acute hospitalised, community-dwelling elderly patients were recruited at internal medicine wards in Vienna, austria. Participants: 133 men (39%) and women (61%) aged 74 (65-97) years. Measurements: Mna®-sF was used to investigate malnutrition (
