Using the Nutrition Screening Initiative to Survey the Nutritional Status of Clients Participating in a Home Delivered Meals Program
作者:
HerndonAnnamarieS.,
期刊:
Journal of Nutrition For the Elderly
(Taylor Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 14,
issue 4
页码: 15-29
ISSN:0163-9366
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1300/J052v14n04_02
出版商: Taylor&Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
A large percentage of older Americans are at risk for malnutrition. This puts them at risk for premature institutionalization, creating a financial burden. The objective of this survey was to determine the nutritional health of clients receiving home delivered meals in Lake County, Indiana and the impact that home delivered meals had on them. Nutrition Screening Initiative (NSI) Derermine Your Nutritional Health Checklists were mailed to recipients of meals; 58.3% were returned. Twenty-eight percent were found to be at no nutritional risk, 39% at moderate nutritional risk and 33% at high nutritional risk. One hundred thirty clients that scored three or more on the "Checklist" were visited by a Registered Dietitian for further screening using the NSI Level I Screen. This screen found many nutritional problems but the fact that the clients did receive home delivered meals decreased the risk. It was determined by the author that 68% of these clients could not function in their own homes without home delivered meals.
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