An investigation into the procedure of assessing nutritional status of rehabilitative geriatric patients in Canada
Thesis (M.Sc.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2010. Medicine Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-79) Malnutrition is a common problem in geriatric rehabilitative inpatients. There are several nutritional assessment tools available, but it is not known which tools dietitians use as...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:theses4/32645 2023-05-15T17:23:33+02:00 An investigation into the procedure of assessing nutritional status of rehabilitative geriatric patients in Canada Iqbal, Saman, 1983- Memorial University of Newfoundland. Faculty of Medicine 2010 xi, 120 leaves Image/jpeg; Application/pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses4/id/32645 Eng eng Electronic Theses and Dissertations (13.38 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Iqbal_Saman.pdf a3475080 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses4/id/32645 The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission. Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries Nutrition--Evaluation Older people--Nutrition--Canada Older people--Rehabilitation--Canada Patients--Nutrition--Canada Patients--Rehabilitation--Canada Elder Nutritional Physiological Phenomena--Canada Nutrition Assessment--Canada Nutrition Therapy Rehabilitation Text Electronic thesis or dissertation 2010 ftmemorialunivdc 2015-08-06T19:21:53Z Thesis (M.Sc.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2010. Medicine Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-79) Malnutrition is a common problem in geriatric rehabilitative inpatients. There are several nutritional assessment tools available, but it is not known which tools dietitians use as none are validated for geriatric rehabilitative settings. Dietitians also use a number of indicators to assess nutritional status, but the associations between commonly used indicators of nutritional status are not known. This mixed design study used two data sources. One source was a cross-sectional survey of nutritional assessment processes of dietitians. Results showed that most dietitians used modified versions of different nutritional tools. The other source included secondary data obtained from rehabilitative patients in one facility. Analysis showed that weight loss was significant during acute care hospital stay. Serum albumin levels were not associated with weight indicators, but seemed to be indicative of ill health. The study underscored the importance of developing a standardized nutritional assessment tool for rehabilitative facilities across Canada. Thesis Newfoundland studies University of Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) Canada |
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Thesis (M.Sc.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2010. Medicine Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-79) Malnutrition is a common problem in geriatric rehabilitative inpatients. There are several nutritional assessment tools available, but it is not known which tools dietitians use as none are validated for geriatric rehabilitative settings. Dietitians also use a number of indicators to assess nutritional status, but the associations between commonly used indicators of nutritional status are not known. This mixed design study used two data sources. One source was a cross-sectional survey of nutritional assessment processes of dietitians. Results showed that most dietitians used modified versions of different nutritional tools. The other source included secondary data obtained from rehabilitative patients in one facility. Analysis showed that weight loss was significant during acute care hospital stay. Serum albumin levels were not associated with weight indicators, but seemed to be indicative of ill health. The study underscored the importance of developing a standardized nutritional assessment tool for rehabilitative facilities across Canada. |
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