Malnutrition and nutritional care practices in hospital wards for older people

AIMS: This paper is a report of a study conducted to gain a better insight into the current nutritional care practices in Belgian hospital wards for older people, and to study the association between these practices and the prevalence of malnutrition. BACKGROUND: In 1999, the Council of Europe assessed nutritional care practices and support in 12 European countries and showed them to be sparse and inconsistent. At the time of research, no studies had described the association between nutritional care practices and malnutrition prevalence in Belgium. METHODS: In 2007, a cross-sectional survey w... Mehr ...

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Verfasser: Vanderwee, Katrien
Clays, Els
Bocquaert, Ilse
Verhaeghe, Sofie
Lardennois, Miguel
Gobert, Micheline
Defloor, Tom
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
Verlag/Hrsg.: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Schlagwörter: Aged / 80 and over / Hospital Units - organization & administration / statistics & numerical data / Humans / Length of Stay / Male / Malnutrition - diagnosis / epidemiology / therapy / Mass Screening - utilization / Nursing Staff / Hospital - supply & distribution / Nutrition Assessment / Nutritional Status - physiology / Patient Care Planning / Attitude of Health Personnel / Practice Guidelines as Topic / Belgium - epidemiology / Clinical Competence / Elder Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology / Epidemiologic Methods / Female / Guideline Adherence - standards / Health Services for the Aged - standards
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/111561