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KMID : 1034120090020010030
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Journal of Clinical Nutrition
2009 Volume.2 No. 1 p.30 ~ p.33
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The Validity of a Nutritional Assessment Tool for Home Care Patients
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Kim Kyoung-Rye
Kim Mi-Ye
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study examined whether a nutritional assessment tool is valid for evaluating the nutritional status of home care patients and suggested its clinical usefulness.
Methods: This study included 73 patients receiving home care services that were registered in a home care center. An investigator performed a clinical survey with physical measurements, history taking, and visual inspection at the first visit and obtained blood samples to assess biochemical albumin levels. which were taken to reflect nutritional status. Nutritional status was correlated with serum albumin level.
Results: The albumin level was significantly higher for the good nutrition group than for the poor nutrition group.
Conclusion: A nutritional assessment tool was validated for the evaluation of the nutritional status of home care patients and to predict poor nutrition. We suggest that further studies done on a larger scale be performed to generalize these study results.
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KEYWORD
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Home care, Nutrition, Nutrition screening tool, Validity, Albumin
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