Short Nutritional Assessment Procedure
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After screening with, for example, SNAQ or MUST a full Nutritional Assessment can be necessary. With lacking capabilities and resources, a minimum set of measurements is recommended.
The minimum set
A short assessment for identifying and monitoring the nutritional status in vulnerable patients. With this method you can measure and assess the body composition and muscle strength of patients aged 18 years and older, looking at BMI, body type, grip strength, arm circumference, upperarm muscle and fat area, and waist circumference. This minmum set enables dietitians to collect quantitative data in a quick way, so that treatment goals can be measured.
After completing the measurement, it is immediately visible if the measured values (the arm circumference, muscle area, fat area, skinfold and grip strength) of a patient are high, normal, low or very low (broken down by gender and age). Also, the physique can be included to assess the severity in case of a low value. A low muscle mass is after all more severe in person's with a large physique than in person's with a small physique.
