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MNA v.1

Has food intake declined over the past 3 months due to loss of appetite, digestive problems, chewing or swallowing difficulties?

Weight loss during the last 3 months

Mobility

Has suffered psychological stress or acute disease in the past 3 months?

Neuropsychological problems

Calf circumference (CC)

Body Mass Index

The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) is a risk assessment tool for malnutrition. The tool is validated to help detect geriatric patients age 65 and above who are malnourished or at risk of developing malnutrition.

Konstantinos Kalliamvakos

Konstantinos.Kalliamvakos@cambio.se

Société des Produits Nestlé S.A

To calculate the Mini Nutritional Assessment total score.

Use on geriatric patients age 65 or above.

Do not use on patients under the age of 65 unless specifically indicated

Ref.1: Vellas B, Villars H, Abellan G, et al. Overview of the MNA® - Its History and Challenges. J Nutr Health Aging 2006;10:456-465. Ref.2: Rubenstein LZ, Harker JO, Salva A, Guigoz Y, Vellas B. Screening for Undernutrition in Geriatric Practice: Developing the Short-Form Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF). J. Geront 2001;56A: M366-377. Ref.3: Guigoz Y. The Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA®) Review of the Literature - What does it tell us? J Nutr Health Aging 2006; 10:466-487. Ref.4: Kaiser MJ, Bauer JM, Ramsch C, et al. Validation of the Mini Nutritional Assessment Short-Form (MNA®-SF): A practical tool for identification of nutritional status. J Nutr Health Aging 2009; 13:782-788.

OBSERVATION.mini_nutritional_assessment.v1, OBSERVATION.body_mass_index.v2

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