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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Malnutrition screening"”.
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Malnutrition screening and nutritional support in cancer care : dietetic challenges and the role of multidisciplinary collaboration
… practices in the NHS regarding nutritional screening and support. Two qualitative studies were conducted to explore experiences and opinions of cancer patients and healthcare professionals working in oncology; the semi-structured interviews were analysed using a framework analysis. Results: …
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Næringarástand aldraðra á bráðamóttöku - Skimun fyrir næringarástandi eldra fólks við komu á bráðamóttöku
… meta sjúklinga út frá styttri skimunarlista MST (Malnutrition Screening Tool) og niðurstöður beggja skimunatækja bornar saman. Niðurstöður: Af þeim 208 sem tóku þátt voru 195 skimaðir með skimunartækinu ISNST. Af þeim voru 50,7% í lítilli áhættu, 20,5% í miðlungs áhættu og 28,7% í mikilli áhættu á …
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Appetite, oral frailty, and nutritional status of nursing home residents: Descriptive cross-sectional study
… Questionnaire (CNAQ), oral frailty by the Screening for Oral Frailty Tool (SOFT), malnutrition risk by the LSH Screening Sheet for Malnutrition (SSM), and nutritional status by Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). Protein and energy intake were estimated from a seven-day nursing home menu and …
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The role of diet, nutritional assessment and nutritional intervention in the prevention of cancer and the treatment of cancer-related malnutrition
… of this thesis was to describe the prevalence of malnutrition in the Irish oncology setting using gold standard methods of body composition analysis and to explore the identification and treatment of cancer-related malnutrition, as well as the role of nutrition in cancer prevention. Malnutrition …
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Nutritional studies in ambulatory oncology patients: impact of malnutrition on survival, patient beliefs, debunking myths, and a novel targeted intervention to attenuate nutritional decline
Malnutrition is highly prevalent among patients diagnosed with cancer, with estimated rates ranging from 31–87%. This unique form of disease-related malnutrition is associated with reduced tolerance to chemotherapy, poor quality of life, and decreased overall survival. Yet despite these …
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The double burden of malnutrition in South Africa: risk factors for undernutrition and overnutrition and the development of a novel mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) screening tool in children
… Organisation has produced recommendations for screening for malnutrition in childhood. However, evidence is emerging that the performance of these tools is region-specific. The aim of this set of six studies were to identify contextual factors which contribute to childhood malnutrition and …