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Identifying Malnutrition - MNA®
The only way to prevent malnutrition and its sequelae is for Health Care Professionals to identify those elderly who are at risk and implement optimal nutritional intervention early. Nutritional assessment, therefore, becomes crucial in the elderly. The MNA® was specifically developed and validated to identify the elderly who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition, so intervention can be started early.
Why use MNA®as your preferred nutrition screening and assessment tool?
The MNA® is a validated tool
- Screening tool validated specifically for the elderly
- Highly sensitive, specific
, and reliable![Guigoz Y, Vellas B. Test d'évaluation de l'etat nutritionnel de la personne âgee : le Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA®) [Test to assess the nutritional status of the elderly: The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA®]. Med Hyg 1995; 53:1965-1969.](images/10.gif)     
- Most widely used and validated screening method
- Recommended by national and international clinical and
scientific organizations 
The MNA® is quick and easy to use
- Quick and easy to use; screen in less than 4 minutes with MNA®-SF
 
- Easy to administer in wide variety of settings
- Requires no special training
- Requires no blood draws or labs
- Widely available in 14 languages
The MNA® is effective
- Targets the frail elderly and at-risk geriatric population
- Identifies at-risk persons before weight loss occurs and serum protein levels fall, and facilitates earlier intervention when response is most successful
 
- Includes criteria specific to issues of ageing – functionality, depression, dementia
- Not only identifies people who are at nutrition risk, but allows Health Care Professionals to target intervention to specific causes of malnutrition
as identified in the MNA®.
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