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Assessing the older person: is the MNA a more appropriate nutritional assessment tool than the SGA?
Barone L, Milosavljevic M, Gazibarich B.. The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2003-01-01
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Objectives A study was undertaken to determine which nutritional assessment tool would be better in assessing changes in nutritional status over time in hospitalised older patients. The two tools used were the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) and the Subjective Global Assessment (SGA). Design Single blind, prospective study conducted over a 60-day period. Setting Five regional hospitals within Southern New South Wales, Australia. Subjects There were 43 patients at the commencement of the study, then 28 patients at day 30 and 20 patients at day 60. Methods All patients over 65 years of age admitted to the five hospitals during May 2001 were eligible. The only exclusions were those patients admitted to palliative care or with severe dementia. Two dietitians saw each patient. Each dietitian assessed the patient using his or her assigned nutritional assessment tool either the SGA or the MNA. All dietitians were randomly assigned the tool at the commencement of the study. They were familiarised with the use of the tool by participating in a workshop prior to the start of the study. Result The MNA was able to detect greater numbers of malnourished subjects when compared to the SGA. This finding was consistent across Day 0, 30 and 60 and statistically significant (p<0.05) at all time periods. Conclusions This study has shown the MNA to be a more appropriate nutrition assessment tool for older patients when compared to the SGA. The MNA is better able to identify severely malnourished patients. This study illustrated the potential use of the MNA as an ongoing monitor of nutritional status and hence a measure of the impact of nutrition intervention.
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Barone, L., Milosavljevic, M., & Gazibarich, B. (2003). Assessing the older person: is the MNA a more appropriate nutritional assessment tool than the SGA? The journal of nutrition, health & aging.
Vancouver
Barone L, Milosavljevic M, Gazibarich B. Assessing the older person: is the MNA a more appropriate nutritional assessment tool than the SGA? The journal of nutrition, health & aging. 2003. PMID: 12679835.
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@article{barone2003-12679835,
author = {Barone, L. and Milosavljevic, M. and Gazibarich, B.},
title = {{Assessing the older person: is the MNA a more appropriate nutritional assessment tool than the SGA?}},
journal = {The journal of nutrition, health \& aging},
year = {2003},
pmid = {12679835}
}
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Key findings
- Result The MNA was able to detect greater numbers of malnourished subjects when compared to the SGA.
- This finding was consistent across Day 0, 30 and 60 and statistically significant (p<0.05) at all time periods.
- Conclusions This study has shown the MNA to be a more appropriate nutrition assessment tool for older patients when compared to the SGA.
Study details
- Participants43
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 66/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a randomised controlled trial. Scored zero for effect reported because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record and multi-centre collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 38 of the 58 points we could judge it on, which is 66 out of 100.
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|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (The journal of nutrition, health & aging) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 11 / 12 | A randomised controlled trial (from PubMed type “Randomized Controlled Trial”) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2003 — older than 20 years, still counted |
| Sample size | 1 / 4 | 43 participants |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomised / blinded | 2 / 2 | Randomised and blinded or placebo-controlled (as stated in the record) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 12679835) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 38 / 58 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 38 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 66 out of 100. |
| Total | 66 / 100 | — |
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