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Nutritional Risk Screening Tools for Older Adults with COVID-19: A Systematic Review.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Exploring stakeholder experiences of dietetic service and care delivery: A systematic qualitative review.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence and outcomes of malnutrition among hospitalized COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical nutrition ESPEN · 2021Pooled it
- Sex-Specific Differences in Nutritional Status and Olfaction in Association with Cognitive Impairment Amongst Older Adults with Long COVID Syndrome.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- The Association Between Nutritional Status and Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 Patients in Intensive Care Unit in Vietnam: A Retrospective Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Early Malnutrition Risk Detection for Quality Patient Care: An Analysis of Nutrition Risk Screening Tools in Kenyan Referral Hospitals.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Cardiovascular Risk Factors as Predictors of Nutritional Status in Older Mexican Adults.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Exploring the relationship between malnutrition and the systemic immune-inflammation index in older inpatients: a study based on comprehensive geriatric assessment.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- The association between nutritional status and sleep quality of Chinese community-dwelling older adults.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Article
- Vitamin B12 effectiveness in the management of hospitalized COVID-19 and its clinical outcomes and complications: A randomized clinical trial.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Handgrip Strength Test and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in SARS-CoV-2 Patients Admitted to Sub-Intensive Unit.Nutrients · 2023Article
- The Relationship between Nutritional Risk and the Most Common Chronic Diseases in Hospitalized Geriatric Population from Central Poland.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Nutritional risk and a high NRS2002 score are closely related to disease progression and poor prognosis in patients with COVID-19.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Improving Nutritional Status Was Associated with Decreasing Disease Severity and Shortening of Negative Conversion Time of PCR Test in Non-ICU Patients with COVID-19.Infection and drug resistance · 2023Article
- Cancer patients with COVID-19: does prior nutritional risk associated with cancer indicate a poor prognosis for COVID-19?Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2023Article
- Nutritional parameters associated with prognosis in non-critically ill hospitalized COVID-19 patients: The NUTRI-COVID19 study.Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2022Article
- A modified nutrition risk screening 2002 predicts the risk of death among hospitalized patients with COVID-19.Clinical nutrition ESPEN · 2022Article
- Using inflammatory indices for assessing malnutrition among COVID-19 patients: A single-center retrospective study.Journal of infection and public health · 2022Article
- The Effects of COVID-19 on Skeletal Muscles, Muscle Fatigue and Rehabilitation Programs Outcomes.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Nutrition risk assessed by Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 is associated with in-hospital mortality in older patients with COVID-19.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2022Article
- Nutritional support protocol for patients with COVID-19.Clinical nutrition ESPEN · 2022Article
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Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with high risk of malnutrition, primarily in older people; assessing nutritional risk using appropriate screening tools is critical. This systematic review identified applicable tools and assessed their measurement properties. Literature was searched in the MEDLINE, Embase, and LILACS databases. Four studies conducted in China met the eligibility criteria. Sample sizes ranged from six to 182, and participants' ages from 65 to 87 years. Seven nutritional screening and assessment tools were used: the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002), the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), the MNA-short form (MNA-sf), the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), the Nutritional Risk Index (NRI), the Geriatric NRI (GNRI), and modified Nutrition Risk in the Critically ill (mNUTRIC) score. Nutritional risk was identified in 27.5% to 100% of participants. The NRS-2002, MNA, MNA-sf, NRI, and MUST demonstrated high sensitivity; the MUST had better specificity. The MNA and MUST demonstrated better criterion validity. The MNA-sf demonstrated better predictive validity for poor appetite and weight loss; the NRS-2002 demonstrated better predictive validity for prolonged hospitalization. mNUTRIC score demonstrated good predictive validity for hospital mortality. Most instruments demonstrate high sensitivity for identifying nutritional risk, but none are acknowledged as the best for nutritional screening in older adults with COVID-19.
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