Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-17-2017
Publication Title
PLOS ONE
Publisher
Public Library of Science
Volume
12
Issue
2
First page number:
1
Last page number:
15
Abstract
Demographic transition in Nepal, like in many developing countries, has resulted in a burgeoning elderly population whose health status is not currently monitored. One pillar of health is adequate nutrition. Yet, little is known about the nutritional health status of the elderly in Nepal. The financial, material, and personnel limitations in Nepal’s health delivery services necessitate health screening instruments that require minimal clinical staff and resources. To our knowledge, no such nutritional assessment tool has been validated in Nepal. Therefore, our aims are two-fold: To assess the nutritional status of the elderly population in one typical Nepali village, Okharpauwa, in Nuwakot District, Nepal; and concurrently, to validate the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) tool...(See full text for complete abstract)
Disciplines
Community Health
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856 KB
Language
English
Creative Commons License
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Repository Citation
Ghimire, S.,
Kurmar Baral, B.,
Callahan, K. E.
(2017).
Nutritional Assessment of Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Rural Nepal.
PLOS ONE, 12(2),
1-15.
Public Library of Science.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172052