GLIM in nursing homes; practical implications
M.A.E. de van der Schueren, Jos W. Borkent, Gijs W. Spaans, Annemarie Nijhof, M. Manders
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Only very few papers have described malnutrition prevalence rates according to the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria in nursing homes, likely due to practical reasons such as missing data on body composition, dietary intake, or acute disease/inflammation. METHODS: ) versus GLIM with measured food intake. RESULTS: for GLIM was 62.2%, and specificity 95.0% (kappa = 0.61). CONCLUSION: decreased to 17%. We advise measuring food intake for studies, and to be aware of too low prevalence rates of GLIM when an estimate of reduced food intake is applied.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineMalnutritionFood intakeMinimum Data SetNursing homesEnvironmental healthGerontologyNursingInternal medicineNutrition and Health in AgingClinical Nutrition and GastroenterologyChild Nutrition and Feeding Issues