Discriminative power of an adapted version of Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 applied to Brazilian older adults

ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the discriminative power of Nutritional Risk Screening 2002. Methods: A cross sectional study involving one hundred participants aged ≥60 years. The original and adapted versions of Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 and the Mini Nutritional Assessment were used. Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 adaptation consisted of a lower age cutoff (60 years or older) for addition of one extra point to the final score. Results: Screening using Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 revealed higher nutritional risk among patients aged ≥70 years (p=0.009), whereas screening using the adapted version of Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 revealed similar nutritional risk in both age groups (60-69 years and ≥70 years; p=0.117). Frequency of nutritional risk was highest when the Mini Nutritional Assessment was administered (52.7%), followed by the adapted and original versions of Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (35.5% and 29.1%, respectively). Conclusion: The adapted version of Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 was more effective than the original version. However, further studies are needed to confirm these findings.

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Main Authors:	Sugaya,Midori Cabral, Maio,Regiane, Soares,Bruna Lúcia de Mendonça, Calado,Cinthia Katiane Martins, Morais,Glaucia Queiroz, Arruda,Ilma Kruze Grande de, Burgos,Maria Goretti Pessoa de Araújo
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2020
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-45082020000100273
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