MNA-SF is not sufficient without questioning protein and fruit–vegetable consumption to detect malnutrition risk in Parkinson’s Disease

Role of Nutritional Support under Clinical Nursing Path on the Efficacy, Quality of Life, and Nutritional Status of Elderly Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

“…A common cause of Alzheimer's disease is encephalanalosis caused by the long-term insufficient blood supply to the brain due to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases [ 13 , 14 ]. Neurodegenerative disease is also considered a pathogenic factor [ 15 – 17 ]. The etiology of Alzheimer's disease is elusive and no specific medicines are available currently, which has caused great difficulties in the clinical treatment of Alzheimer's disease.…”

“…Outcome measures included the efficacy of nursing, the quality of life index (QLI) score [ 13 ], Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) [ 14 ], the Mental Status Scale in Non-psychiatric Settings (MSSNS) scores [ 15 ], social disability screening schedule (SDSS) scores [ 16 ], and also malnutrition status which was assessed by Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) [ 17 ]. Nursing efficacy: Markedly effective: the patient showed a stable condition and good nutritional status, quality of life, and psychological state during the nursing.…”

Prevalence of Malnutrition in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: A Systematic Review

“…Mini Nutritional Assessment is used for assessing the nutritional status of patients. There were 22 studies included in which MNA assessments were conducted [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 21 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 ]. There was a total of 2713 participants, of which 39.2% were female and 60.8% were male.…”

“…The youngest patient included was 20 years old [ 17 ], while the oldest was 92 years old [ 10 ]. The highest reported number of malnourished patients was 39.2% [ 10 ]; at risk of malnutrition was 59% [ 32 ], and the lowest were 0% and 14%, respectively [ 21 ]. A significant number of studies (6 out of 22) did not report on the prevalence of malnutrition or risk of malnutrition [ 16 , 17 , 19 , 35 , 37 , 44 ].…”

“…Three studies reported the nutritional status of PD patients using the MNA Short Form (MNA-SF) [ 22 , 32 , 46 ]. In this section, 147 patients were included, consisting of 54.4% male participants and 45.6% female participants.…”