The MNA is a scale of assessment of nutritional status. Used to view the nutritional status of the elderly and is so important because it can make research studies.
For example:
The objective of a study was to determine the prevalence of the risk
of undernutrition by evaluating the nutritional status in a representative
sample of older people in Ourense. The total sample was 728 subjects (63,6%
woman and 36,4% men) with a mean age of 80,7±7,4 years old. Anthropometric
parameters (weight, distance heel-knee, calf circumference and mid-arm
circumference) were determined and the MNA (Mini Nutritional Assessment) was
applied and 70% of individuals with nutritional problems were identified (57.5%
with nutritional risk and 12.5% malnourished). The subjects aged between 65 and
70 years old, 81 and over, and females presented higher nutritional problems. The
items that were observed most frequently in the studied population and
therefore responsible for this nutritional situation were the involuntary loss
of weight, consumption of at least one serving of protein per day, low daily
liquid intakes, loss of appetite, taking more than 3 prescription drugs per day
and to have a limited mobility.
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