Question

The Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) in volume 2 is completed for a 70-year old woman and yields the following results: Part I screening=8 Part II assessment=10 What would her malnutrition indicator score be, and what does this indicate? What type of physical assessment findings would support this score? What type of anthropometric findings would support this score? What type of laboratory values would support this score?

Answer 1

A 70 yr old women mini nutritional assessment yields part I screening = 8, part II assessment = 10. Therefore, malnutrition indicator score would be 18.

18 score indicates the women is at higher risk of malnutrition.

Physical assessment findings supporting score 18

• Weight loss during last 3months.
• Physical activity limited around bedside not beyond the specific area.

Anthropometric findings supporting score 18

• Weight loss up to 3kg
• Midarm circumference less than 21cm
• Calf circumference less than 31cm

laboratory values supporting score 18

• Serum albumin, haemoglobin, lymphocyte count, iron and unsaturated iron binding capacity not matching normal values.