Persistent malnutrition in a remote Australian hospital—Insights from a 10‐year cross‐sectional study
Malnutrition risk is high in a remote Australian hospital. This study confirms the Adult Nutrition Tool and the Malnutrition Screening Tool are valid tools to predict malnutrition in a unique remote hospital, recommending an 'at-risk' threshold of ≥2 for the Adult Nutrition Tool to aid in the early detection of malnutrition.
Authors
- Lauren Caruana
- Natasha Franklin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1253-249X)
- Elise Jochinke
- Tiffany Tregea
- Megan Scott
- Elisabeth Nichols
- Rachael Smalley
Institutions
- Cairns Hospital (AU)
- Charles Darwin University (AU)
- Northern Territory Health Services (AU)
- Alice Springs Hospital (AU)
- Hunter New England Local Health District (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nutrition & Dietetics
- Published
- 2026-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.70073
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00