Significance as the life prognostic factor of comprehensive nourishment evaluation of nursing home residents

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We tried to identify the factors associated with deterioration of MiniNutritional Assessment-short form (MNA-SF) status of nursing home residents during a 2-year period.Participants were 392 people with a mean age of 84.3 in 12 nursing homes in Nagoya.The factors associated with deterioration in MNA-SF categories during the study period compared to stable/improved MNA-SF categories were identified.At baseline, 19.9% of the participants were malnourished and 60.2% were at risk of malnutrition, according to the MNA-SF classification. After 2 years, 66.3% participants maintained and 6.1% participants improved their nutritional status according to the MNA-SF classification, while 27.6% showed deterioration in MNA-SF status.Poor basic ADL status and hospitalization during the follow-up period were associated with malnutrition and risk of malnutrition as assessed by MNA-SF of nursing homes residents during a 2-year period.