PMID- 21910948
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120814
LR  - 20120607
IS  - 1475-2662 (Electronic)
IS  - 0007-1145 (Linking)
VI  - 107
IP  - 11
DP  - 2012 Jun
TI  - Mini-Nutritional Assessment predicts functional decline of elderly Taiwanese: 
      result of a population-representative sample.
PG  - 1707-13
LID - 10.1017/S0007114511004880 [doi]
AB  - Nutrition is a key element in geriatric health and is important for functional 
      ability. The present study examined the functional status-predictive ability of 
      the Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA). We analysed the dataset of the 'Survey of 
      Health and Living Status of the Elderly in Taiwan', a population-based study 
      conducted by the Bureau of Health Promotion of Taiwan. Study subjects (>/=65 years 
      old) who completed both the 1999 and 2003 surveys were rated with the long form 
      and short form of the MNA at baseline and with the Activities of Daily Living 
      (ADL) and the Instrument Activities of Daily Living (IADL) scales 4 years later 
      (end-point). The ability of the MNA to predict ADL or IADL dependency was 
      evaluated with logistic regression models. The results showed that the elderly 
      who were rated malnourished or at risk of malnutrition at baseline generally had 
      significantly higher ADL or IADL scores 4 years later. Lower baseline MNA scores 
      also predicted a greater risk of ADL or IADL dependency. These associations exist 
      even among the elderly who were free of ADL or IADL dependency at baseline. The 
      results clearly indicate that the MNA is able to predict ADL and IADL dependency 
      (in addition to rating current nutritional status) of the elderly. The MNA, 
      especially the short form, should be a valuable tool for identifying elderly at 
      risk of functional decline and/or malnutrition in clinical practice or community 
      programmes.
FAU - Lee, Li-Chin
AU  - Lee LC
AD  - Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, 500 Liufeng Road, 
      Wufeng, Taichung 41354, Taiwan, ROC.
FAU - Tsai, Alan C
AU  - Tsai AC
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20110913
PL  - England
TA  - Br J Nutr
JT  - The British journal of nutrition
JID - 0372547
SB  - IM
MH  - Activities of Daily Living
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - *Aging/ethnology
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - *Geriatric Assessment
MH  - Humans
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - Male
MH  - Malnutrition/epidemiology/ethnology/physiopathology
MH  - Mass Screening/methods
MH  - *Nutrition Assessment
MH  - Risk
MH  - Taiwan/epidemiology
EDAT- 2011/09/14 06:00
MHDA- 2012/08/15 06:00
CRDT- 2011/09/14 06:00
PHST- 2011/09/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/09/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/08/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0007114511004880 [pii]
AID - 10.1017/S0007114511004880 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Br J Nutr. 2012 Jun;107(11):1707-13. doi: 10.1017/S0007114511004880. Epub 2011 
      Sep 13.