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Agreement between different methods of measuring height in elderly patients
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- Frid, Hanna (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Centrum för klinisk forskning, Västerås
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- Thors Adolfsson, Eva (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Centrum för klinisk forskning, Västerås
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- Rosenblad, Andreas, 1973- (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Centrum för klinisk forskning, Västerås
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- Nydahl, Margaretha (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för kostvetenskap
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- 2013-01-07
- 2013
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Journal of human nutrition and dietetics. - : Wiley. - 0952-3871 .- 1365-277X. ; 26:5, s. 504-511
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Abstract
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- BackgroundThe present study aimed to examine the agreement between measurements of standing height and self-reported height, height measured with a sliding caliper, and height estimated from either demispan or knee height in elderly patients.MethodsFifty-five patients (mean age 79 years) at a Swedish hospital were included in this observational study. The participants' heights were evaluated as the standing height, self-reported height, height measured in a recumbent position with a sliding caliper, and height estimated from the demispan or knee height.ResultsThe measurements made with a sliding caliper in the recumbent position agreed most closely with the standing height. Ninety-five percent of the individuals' differences from standing height were within an interval of +1.1 to −4.8 cm (limits of agreement). Self-reported height and height estimated from knee height differed relatively strongly from standing height. The limits of agreement were +5.2 to −9.8 cm and +9.4 to −6.2 cm, respectively. The widest distribution of differences was found in the height estimated from the demispan, with limits of agreements from +11.2 to −9.3 cm.ConclusionsWhen measuring the height of patients who find it difficult to stand upright, a sliding caliper should be the method of choice, and the second choice should be self-reported height or the height estimated from knee height. Estimating height from the demispan should be the method of last resort.
Nyckelord
- anthropometry
- elderly
- height
- nutritional assessment
- sliding caliper
- Medicinsk vetenskap
- Medical Science
- Nutrition
- Nutrition
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- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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