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The aim of the present study was to compare two widely recommended short nutrition assessment tools—Nutrition Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002) and Subjective Global Assessment Form (SGA)—with other Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) measurements. The study included 622 consecutively hospitalized older subjects, aged 81.7 ± 7.8 years. The criteria to participate were the ability to communicate and given consent. Both NRS-2002 and SGA were inversely related to anthropometric measurements, functional assessment tests, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and positively associated with the Vulnerable Elders Survey-13 (VES-13) score. Results of SGA and NRS-2002 were not related to sex and 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) score. Comparison of well-nourished subjects and patients with suggested problems with nutrition according to NRS-2002 (0–2 vs. 3–7) and SGA (A vs. B + C) gave comparable results. Both nutritional scales at given cut-off points similarly discriminated anthropometric data and other CGA tools in the populations of well-nourished vs. malnourished hospitalized older subjects. In conclusion, we can recommend using both NRS-2002 and SGA to detect malnutrition or risk of malnutrition in a routine clinical practice of the geriatric department ward.

of poor health, the utilization of health care services, and costs [5].Understanding the causes of this mood disturbance in the elderly is a widely discussed topic, both in the context of diagnostics and potential therapeutic targets. Scientific studies indicate the potential relationship of depression of older people with dementia as well as with hormonal changes. Depression is likely to be a risk factor for dementia, just as dementia is a risk factor for depression, and in the group of people with dementia, at least 20% of subjects develop a depressive syndrome [6]. Up to 40-50% of patients with Alzheimer 's disease show depressive symptoms. Depression can sometimes overtake the appearance of dementia and is more common in the early stages of the disease [7][8][9]. The disturbed levels of hormones such as dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) cortisol, testosterone, oestradiol, luteinizing hormone, and follicle-stimulating hormone may also be associated with the onset of mood disorders and depression. An important role is linked to the alterations of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis functions [10]. Frequent mood swings, irritability, anxiety, a tendency to depression,

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