Validity of the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool for Evaluation of Frailty Status in Older Hospitalised Patients.

The malnutrition-universal-screening-tool (MUST) is commonly used for screening malnutrition in hospitalised patients but its utility in the detection of frailty is unknown. This study determined the utility of MUST in detection of frailty in older hospitalised patients. This prospective-study enrolled 243 patients ⩾65 years in a tertiary-teaching hospital in Australia.

The overlap of frailty and malnutrition in older hospitalised patients: An observational study.

Background And Objectives: Frailty and malnutrition are geriatric syndromes with common risk-factors. Limited studies have investigated these two conditions simultaneously in hospitalised patients. This study investigated the overlap of frailty and malnutrition in older hospitalised patients.

Nutritional risk assessed by the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool as a predictor of frailty in acutely hospitalised older patients: An observational study.

Background And Objectives: Frailty and malnutrition are overlapping geriatric syndromes and leads to poor clinical outcomes in older patients. This study determined whether Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) can predict frailty in older hospitalised patients.

Methods And Study Design: This prospective study recruited 243 patients ≥65 years in a tertiary-teaching hospital in Australia.