Todorovic V
Dietetic and Nutrition Services, Bassetlaw Hospital and Community Services NHS Trust, Worksop.
Br J Community Nurs. 2001 Feb;6(2):54-60. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2001.6.2.54.
Undernutrition is an important public health issue which is frequently undetected and untreated. Disease and illness are the major causes of undernutrition in this country, and older people are a particularly vulnerable group. Effective screening is needed to reduce the prevalence of malnutrition in older people and when this is established, action can then be taken to address the problem. Community nurses and the primary care team have a key role to play in making this happen. The recently developed Malnutrition Advisory Group (MAG) nutrition screening tool, for adults will help community staff and primary care staff to identify those older patients most at risk of malnutrition in the community. Routine nutrition screening of vulnerable individuals is the first stage in raising standards of nutrition care. Further improvements can be made through the development of appropriate nutritional guidelines, clinical risk management strategies provides opportunities to highlight the importance of nutrition care of older people.
营养不良是一个重要的公共卫生问题，常常未被发现和治疗。疾病是该国营养不良的主要原因，老年人是特别脆弱的群体。需要进行有效的筛查以降低老年人营养不良的患病率，一旦确定了患病率，便可采取行动解决这一问题。社区护士和初级保健团队在实现这一目标方面可发挥关键作用。最近开发的针对成年人的营养不良咨询小组（MAG）营养筛查工具，将帮助社区工作人员和初级保健人员识别社区中营养不良风险最高的老年患者。对易受影响个体进行常规营养筛查是提高营养护理标准的第一阶段。通过制定适当的营养指南可进一步改善，临床风险管理策略为突出老年人营养护理的重要性提供了机会。
