par Pepersack, Thierry 
Référence The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 60, 6, page (787-792)
Publication Publié, 2005-06
Référence The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 60, 6, page (787-792)
Publication Publié, 2005-06
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | Up to 65% of elderly patients are protein-calorie undernourished at admission or acquire nutritional deficits while hospitalized. The aims of this project were: (a) to assess the quality of care concerning nutrition among Belgian geriatric units, (b) to include more routinely nutritional assessments and interventions in comprehensive geriatric assessment, and (c) to assess the impact of nutritional recommendations on nutritional status and on the length of hospitalization. Method. We studied 1139 patients consecutively admitted to 12 geriatric units of general hospitals prospectively for 6 months (from January through June 2001). All patients underwent a comprehensive geriatric assessment. For the first 3 months, the nutritional status of the patients on admission and at discharge were assessed without particular recommendations for nutritional intervention. A standardized nutritional intervention was proposed for the last 3 months. |
