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Elder Malnutrition: A Meta Analysis Of Studies Using The Nutrition Screening Initiative Determine Checklist, Carmen Teresa Brain Urrunaga
Elder Malnutrition: A Meta Analysis Of Studies Using The Nutrition Screening Initiative Determine Checklist, Carmen Teresa Brain Urrunaga
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
To demonstrate the extent of elder malnutrition risk in this country, a meta analysis of 30 studies that used the Nutrition Screening Initiative's "DETERMINE Your Nutritional Health Checklist" was conducted. The studies were divided into three categories: Elder Populations in Healthcare Related Systems (HS), Elder Meal Program Participants (MP), and General Community Residing Elder Population (GC). HS was sub-divided into Hospital Inpatient/Clinic Outpatient and Long Term Care/Home Care. The MP population were identified as Congregate or Home Delivered meal participants. Overall, results indicate that 63% of elders are at moderate (32%) or high (31 %) risk of malnutrition. Home Delivered …
Effects Of Nutrition Education On The Nutrition Knowledge Of Future Aerobic Dance Instructors, Abbe Michelle Breiter
Effects Of Nutrition Education On The Nutrition Knowledge Of Future Aerobic Dance Instructors, Abbe Michelle Breiter
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The effectiveness of nutrition education on the nutrition knowledge of future aerobic instructors was studied. Forty-seven subjects participated in the study. The experimental group (n=31) chose to and paid for a two-hour per week session of structured nutrition education for four weeks, the control group (n=16) did not. A nutrition knowledge test was completed by all subjects before and after the intervention. Results were analyzed for relationships between subject's nutrition knowledge and age, gender, educational background, income, and body mass index. No significant differences were found between the groups. The results showed that prior to any formal nutrition education, fitness …
Serum Transthyretin In Hemodialysis Patients : Relationship To Nutritional Status, Annmarie Duggan
Serum Transthyretin In Hemodialysis Patients : Relationship To Nutritional Status, Annmarie Duggan
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The validity of serum transthyretin as a nutrition assessment parameter in hemodialysis patients was investigated. Fifty-one subjects (39% male and 61 % female; 53% black, 28% white, 12% Hispanic, 7% Other) receiving hemodialysis for 30 24 months (mean SD) and a total of 36 26 months of renal replacement therapy were followed for six months. Serum transthyretin, albumin, BUN, creatinine, cholesterol, normalized protein catabolic rate (nPCR), KT/V, weight and 24 hour urine analysis were determined monthly. Etiologies of end stage renal disease were diabetic nephropathy (37%), hypertensive nephrosclerosis (37%). glomerulonephritis (12%), polycystic kidney disease (4%), lupus nephritis (4%), other causes …