Barriers and facilitators to screening and treating malnutrition in older adults living in the community: a mixed-methods synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malnutrition (specifically undernutrition) in older, community-dwelling adults reduces well-being and predisposes to disease. Implementation of screen-and-treat policies could help to systematically detect and treat at-risk and malnourished patients. We aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to implementing malnutrition screen and treat policies in primary/community care, which barriers have been addressed and which facilitators have been successfully incorporated in existing interventions.

Method

A data-base search was conducted using MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, DARE, CINAHL, Cochrane Central and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from 2012 to June 2016 to identify relevant qualitative and quantitative literature from primary/community care. Studies were

SUBMITTER: Harris PS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6631945 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature