Validation of a Nutrition Screening Tool

Mini Nutritional Assessment: Consumer Validation

The purpose of this study is to compare the accuracy of a new consumer nutrition screening tool to an established and validated nutrition screening tool currently completed by healthcare practitioners.

The main objective of the study is to determine the accuracy of the self-administered consumer Mini Nutritional Assessment by comparing the level of agreement in the categorization of nutritional status between the self-administered Mini Nutritional Assessment and a validated nutrition screening tool in a population aged 65 and older.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Consumer

• Age ≥ 65 years

• Employed part-time, unemployed, retired, full-time homemaker

• English speaking

  - Caregiver of Consumer

• Family, relative, friend, professional caregiver of an individual age ≥ 65 years

• Lives with individual aged ≥ 65 years OR Visits individual aged ≥ 65 years five or more days a week

  • Makes decisions or has strong influence on the individual aged ≥ 65 years' diet and medical needs.

• English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

- Consumer

-- Full time employment