J Korean Soc Parenter Enter Nutr.
2009 Dec;2(1):30-33.
The Validity of a Nutritional Assessment Tool for Home Care Patients
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- 1Home Care Service Center, Ewha Womens University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, Korea. teddy627@hanmil.net
- 2Nursing Unit, Ewha Womens University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
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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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