Evaluation of mini nutrition assessment (MNA) tool among community dwelling elderly in urban community of Hawassa city, Southern Ethiopia
| Autor: | Hailu Hailemariam, Pragya Singh, Tigist Fekadu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Gerontology Geriatrics medicine.medical_specialty 030109 nutrition & dietetics Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrition assessment business.industry Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Medicine (miscellaneous) Nutritional status Clinical nutrition medicine.disease Urban community humanities 03 medical and health sciences Malnutrition 0302 clinical medicine Elderly population medicine MNA Validity Sensitivity Specificity Reliability Elderly 030212 general & internal medicine business |
| Zdroj: | BMC nutrition, 2:11 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Mini nutrition assessment (MNA) was found to be the most extensively evaluated method of nutritional assessment for geriatrics settings even if there is no gold standard method to assess nutritional status of elderly. However, MNA has not been validated among Ethiopian elderly. Therefore, the present study examined whether full MNA can identify malnutrition and risk of malnutrition in elderly population living in urban community of Hawassa city, Southern Ethiopia. METHOD: Cross-sectional study was conducted among 548 community dwelling elderly (≥60) (‘287women’ and ‘261men’). Simple random sampling method was employed to select eligible elderly after preparing sampling frame. Those with visible deformity of extremities were excluded. MNA tool was administered to 548 elderly. Reliability of the MNA was calculated using coefficient of Cronbach’s α and Spearman’s rank association between total MNA score & eighteen items of MNA. Overall accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of the MNA were estimated using ROC curve. Youden index was also used to determine the best cut-off point. RESULT: The mean MNA score was 18.95 ± 3.89 and there was no significantdifference across gender (19.5 Vs 18.4; P > 0.05). Morethan quarter, 155 (28.3 %) of the elderly were identified as malnourished (MNA |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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