Validation Analysis of a Geriatric Dehydration Screening Tool in Community-Dwelling and Institutionalized Elderly People

Dehydration is common among elderly people. The aim of this study was to perform validation analysis of a geriatric dehydration-screening tool (DST) in the assessment of hydration status in elderly people. This tool was based on the DST proposed by Vivanti et al., which is composed by 11 items (four...

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Autores principales: Rodrigues, Susana, Silva, Joana, Severo, Milton, Inácio, Cátia, Padrão, Patrícia, Lopes, Carla, Carvalho, Joana, do Carmo, Isabel, Moreira, Pedro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25739005
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120302700

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4377927/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25739005
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120302700

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