ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2013
Nutritional status according to the mini nutritional assessment (MNA®) and frailty in community dwelling older persons: a close relationship.
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A Technological Intervention to Improve Nutrition Among Older Adult Congregate Meal Participants During COVID-19
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69 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 199 citations in OpenAlex.
- Oral nutritional interventions in frail older people who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition: a systematic review.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2022Pooled it
- Prevalence of Prefrailty and Frailty Among Older Adults in Germany: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Nutritional determinants of frailty in older adults: A systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2017Pooled it
- Significance of frailty for predicting adverse clinical outcomes in different patient groups with specific medical conditions.Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2016Pooled it
- Relationship among frailty, nutrition, depression and quality of life in the older population.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Can malnutrition, dietary habits, and diet quality be determinant factors in frailty, sarcopenia, low physical function, and depression in older adults?BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- A Culturally Tailored Digital Education Intervention to Improve Nutrition Among Older Adult Congregate Meal Participants During COVID-19: Protocol for a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
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- Assessing Functional Independence and Associated Factors in Older Populations of Kazakhstan: Implications for Long-Term Care.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of Malnutrition on the Incidence and Worsening of Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Pain.Nutrients · 2025Article
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- Risk prediction model of frailty and its associated factors in older adults: a cross-sectional study in Anhui Province, China.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Predicting the unseen: nutritional interventions as a key to combat frailty.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- The Associations between Albumin, Globulin, Albumin-to-globulin Ratio, and Frailty in Middle-aged and Older Adults: Evidence from NHANES 2013-2014.Current pharmaceutical design · 2025Article
- Dietary Sodium Restriction and Frailty among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: An 8-Year Longitudinal Study.Nutrients · 2024Article
- The Contributions of Knee Extension Strength and Hand Grip Strength to Factors Relevant to Physical Frailty: The Tanno-Sobetsu Study.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Construction of frailty and risk prediction models in maintenance hemodialysis patients: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Association of triglyceride-glucose index trajectory and frailty in urban older residents: evidence from the 10-year follow-up in a cohort study.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2023Article
- Two-year longitudinal associations between nutritional status and frailty in community-dwelling older adults: Korean Frailty and Aging Cohort Study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Six-Month SynbioMicroorganisms · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study investigates the association between MNA results and frailty status in community-dwelling older adults. In addition the relevance of singular MNA items and subscores in this regard was tested.
designCross-sectional study.
settingCommunity-dwelling older adults were recruited in the region of Nürnberg, Germany.
participants206 volunteers aged 75 years or older without cognitive impairment (Mini Mental State Examination >24 points), 66.0% female. MEASUREMENTS: Frailty was defined according to Fried et al. as presence of three, pre-frailty as presence of one or two of the following criteria: weight loss, exhaustion, low physical activity, low handgrip strength and slow walking speed. Malnutrition (<17 points) and the risk of malnutrition (17-23.5 points) were determined by MNA®.
results15.1% of the participants were at risk of malnutrition, no participant was malnourished. 15.5 % were frail, 39.8% pre-frail and 44.7% non-frail. 46.9% of the frail, 12.2% of the pre-frail and 2.2% of the non-frail participants were at risk of malnutrition (p<0.001). Hence, 90% of those at risk of malnutrition were either pre-frail or frail. For the anthropometric, dietary, subjective and functional, but not for the general MNA subscore, frail participants scored significantly lower than pre-frail (p<0.01), and non-frail participants (p<0.01). Twelve of the 18 MNA items were also significantly associated with frailty (p<0.05).
conclusionsThese results underline the close association between frailty syndrome and nutritional status in older persons. A profound understanding of the interdependency of these two geriatric concepts will represent the basis for successful treatment strategies.
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