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Does the mini nutritional assessment predict hospitalization outcomes in older people?

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Does the mini nutritional assessment predict hospitalization outcomes in older people?

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GROUND: the Mini Nutritional Assessment is a validated clinical tool for the assessment of nutritional status in older people. Moderate to severe malnutrition is common in elderly patients in hospital and is associated with a poor outcome. OBJECTIVES: to determine whether the Mini Nutritional Assessment can predict the outcome of hospital stay in older individuals. SETTING: a tertiary-care geriatric hospital. METHODS: we evaluated nutritional status using the Mini Nutritional Assessment in 1319 patients (mean age 84.2, 70% women) admitted between February 1996 and January 1998; 1145 complete assessments were available for analysis. The assessment was carried out on admission and studied in relation to length of stay and in-hospital mortality for all patients, and discharge to a nursing home for those living at home before admission. RESULTS: Mini Nutritional Assessment scores averaged 19.9+/-3.8 (mean+/-SD) with a range of 8.0-27.5, and a median of 20.5. A score below 17, corresponding