Establishment of a Rapid and Precise Nutritional Screening Method for Convalescent Rehabilitation Patients: A Preliminary Study.

Background/objectives: Malnutrition significantly hinders recovery in patients undergoing convalescent rehabilitation. Proper nutritional management can improve rehabilitation outcomes. This study aimed to develop a novel nutritional screening method (J-Method) specifically in patients undergoing convalescent rehabilitation and compare it with the widely used Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form (MNA-SF).

The impact of energy and protein intake on rehabilitation efficiency in convalescent patients.

Background And Objectives: It is well known that more than 40% of patients in the convalescent rehabilitation settings suffer from malnutrition, and that appropriate nutrition management can improve rehabilitation outcomes.

Methods And Study Design: In this study, we used a change in motor score of Functional Independent Measure (FIM-M) of convalescent rehabilitation to investigate whether daily energy intake could influence the rehabilitation outcomes. Of the 217 patients hospitalized in our convalescent rehabilitation ward (CRW) between September 2016 and February 2017, 162 met the eligibility criteria for this study.

Energy requirements for patients in convalescent rehabilitation using motor scores as in the Functional Independent Measure.

Background And Objectives: Although appropriate nutrition management could improve rehabilitation outcomes, more than 40 % of patients in a convalescent rehabilitation ward (CRW) suffer from malnutrition. The study was undertaken to investigate whether adequate nutrition for each patient in a CRW could be estimated based on motor scores on the Functional Independence Measure (FIM-M).

Methods And Study Design: In 218 patients in our CRW, both basal energy expenditure (BEE) on admission and average energy intake (EI) for 2 weeks were calculated, and EI was divided by BEE to estimate the activity index (e-AI).