Browsing Underernæring og pasientsikkerhet by Author "Söderhamn, Ulrika"
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Factors associated with nutritional risk in 75-year-old community living people
Söderhamn, Ulrika; Christensson, Lennart; Idvall, Ewa; Johansson, Annakarin; Bachrach-Lindström, Margareta (Journal article, 2012)To identify risk factors for being at nutritional risk, by means of a nutritional screening, in a population based sample of 75‐year‐old people living in three county councils in Sweden. Undernutrition in older people is ... -
Lived experiences of self-care among older, home-dwelling individuals identified to be at risk of undernutrition
Tomstad, Solveig T.; Söderhamn, Ulrika; Espnes, Geir Arild; Söderhamn, Olle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Introduction: in a society where most older people live in their own homes, it may be expected of older individuals to exercise their potential to take care of themselves in daily life. Nutrition is a central aspect of ... -
Living alone, receiving help, helplessness, and inactivity are strongly related to risk of undernutrition among older home-dwelling people
Tomstad, Solveig T.; Söderhamn, Ulrika; Espnes, Geir Arild; Söderhamn, Olle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background: being at risk of undernutrition is a global problem among older people. Undernutrition can be considered inadequate nutritional status, characterized by insufficient food intake and weight loss. There is a lack ... -
Norwegian version of the Nutritional Form for the Elderly: sufficient psychometric properties for performing institutional screening of elderly patients
Söderhamn, Ulrika; Flateland, Sylvi; Jessen, Liss; Söderhamn, Olle (Journal article, 2009)The objective of this study was to test if the Norwegian version of the nutritional screening instrument entitled Nutritional Form for the Elderly (NUFFE-NO) demonstrates sufficient evidence of reliability and validity, ... -
Nutritional screening of older home-dwelling Norwegians: a comparison between two instruments
Söderhamn, Ulrika; Dale, Bjørg; Sundsli, Kari; Söderhamn, Olle (Journal article, 2012)Background: It is important to obtain knowledge about the prevalence of nutritional risk and associated factors among older home-dwelling people in order to be able to meet nutritional chal- lenges in this group in the ... -
Nutritional self-care among a group of older home-living people in rural Southern Norway
Dale, Bjørg; Söderhamn, Ulrika (Journal article, 2015)Background: Older home-living people are an at-risk group for undernutrition, particularly those who are living alone. Lack of knowledge about healthy dietary habits, altered taste sensation, and declined health status are ... -
Nutritional self-care in two older Norwegian males: a case study
Tomstad, Solveig T.; Söderhamn, Ulrika; Espnes, Geir Arild; Söderhamn, Olle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: knowledge about how to support nutritional self-care in the vulnerable elderly living in their own homes is an important area for health care professionals. The aim of this case study was to evaluate the effects ... -
Perceived health and risk of undernutrition: a comparison of different nutritional screening results in older patients
Söderhamn, Ulrika; Flateland, Sylvi; Jessen, Liss; Söderhamn, Olle (Journal article, 2011)To compare screening results using different nutritional screening instruments with respect to nutritional risk and associations with perceived health and health-related issues in a group of older hospital patients. The ... -
Psychometric testing of the Norwegian version of the Nutritional Form For the Elderly among older home-dwelling people
Söderhamn, Ulrika; Dale, Bjørg; Sundsli, Kari; Tomstad, Solveig T.; Söderhamn, Olle (Journal article, 2012)Nutritional screening instruments need to be evaluated in terms of reliability and validity and being able to demonstrate sensitivity and specificity for use in clinical practice and research. The aims of this study were ... -
Testing two self-care-related instruments among older home-dwelling people in Norway
Tomstad, Solveig T.; Söderhamn, Ulrika; Espnes, Geir Arild; Söderhamn, Olle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Older persons’ ability and agency for self‐care is an important issue. Therefore, the development of reliable and valid instruments to measure self‐care with regard to both clinical nursing practice and personal health is ... -
The Nutritional Form For the Elderly (NUFFE). A Short Scale Development Report
Söderhamn, Ulrika (Journal article, 2011)Background: screening is recommended as the first step in the process for assessing nutritional status in order to identify nutritional at-risk patients and should be performed with reliable and valid instruments. The ... -
Tools to identify nutritional risk for older people in the home
Söderhamn, Ulrika (Journal article, 2012)Community nurses are in an ideal position to identify older home-dwelling people at nutritional risk and thereby to prevent undernutrition. The aim of this paper is to present some nutritional screening instruments for ...