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IntroductionIn 2000, there were approximately 35 million Americansaged 65 years or older and million aged 80 years or 2030, these numbers are projected to increase to anestimated 71 million and million persons, respectively (1).Decreases in food intake by an older adult can have far worseconsequences as they are more likely to suffer from multiplemedical conditions, causing severe physiologic and bodycomposition changes (1). The demographic epidemiologic shifttowards an increasing proportion of the aging populationcoupled with continuous changes in dietary and nutritionalpatterns have presented the field of public health with newchallenges. In an era of healthcare reform and self-directedcare, patients have become more involved in their own healthmanagement. Previous studies have found that malnutrition and being atrisk for malnutrition exists in 38% of community older adultsworldwide (2), and malnutrition may be present in up to 50% ofelderly adults (3).
determine the inter-rater agreement between the Self-MNA and SF-MNA by comparing the level of agreement in the categorization of nutritional status between both screening tools
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