2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of a home nutritional screening test(HN-test)
| Project/Area Number |
21592889
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Community health/Gerontological nurisng
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| Research Institution | University of Toyama |
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Principal Investigator |
YASUDA Tomomi 富山大学, 大学院・医学薬学研究部, 教授 (50303235)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YOSHI Shinobu 富山大学, 大学院・医学薬学研究部(医学), 助教 (90436783)
YUKIKO Douken 富山大学, 大学院・医学薬学研究部(医学), 助教 (80436782)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 在宅療養者 / 栄養評価 / スクリーニング表 |
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| Research Abstract |
Abstract Nutritional assessment based on blood tests or physical measurements is difficult in the home. We therefore developed a noninvasive and simple screening test with an easily understandable intervention score. The subjects were 444 home nutrition patients or facility residents aged. 75 years. These subjects responded to 34 questions on meal environment, eating habits, oral environment, swallowing, and physical condition, and underwent arm muscle area measurement. With median arm muscle area for each age according to JARD 2001 taken as 100, the proportion of arm muscle area of subjects was calculated, and the correlation with the 34 questions was investigated. The number of items and score distribution were investigated with discriminant analysis, and a home nutritional screening test(HN-test) was completed for men and women separately. The HN-test consists 34 items and has three levels of classification : intervention needed, caution needed, and good. The sensitivity of this screening test is 93. 3% for men and 90. 6% for women, and undernutrition can be judged with a high probability.
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Research Products
(2 results)
