Comparison between the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition and the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism definitions for the prevalence of malnutrition in geriatric rehabilitation care.

Akio Shimizu Keisuke MaedaToshiki HondaYuria IshidaJunko UeshimaShinsuke NagamiAyano NaganoTatsuro InoueKenta MurotaniJun KayashitaIchiro FujishimaNaoharu Mori

Published in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2020)

This study reported the prevalence of malnutrition according to GLIM-DCM and the differences in the characteristics of patients diagnosed with malnutrition based on GLIM-DCM and those diagnosed based on ESPEN-DCM in geriatric rehabilitation care units. Further studies are required to investigate the prevalence of malnutrition in different care settings. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2020; 20: 1221-1227.

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