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Supplementing the Nutrition Screening Initiative survey to characterize nutritionally at risk older adults

The Nutrition Screening Initiative (NSI) was developed as a quick and easy method to determine if an older individual may be at nutritional risk. It has been widely used to determine, by scoring, those at nutritional risk. The questions on the NSI targeted to identify seven risk factors such as inappropriate food intake, poverty, social isolation, dependency/disability, acute/chronic conditions, chronic medication use, and advanced age. The purpose of the current study is to further characterize at risk older adults. A supplemental questionnaire (SQ) was developed and administered to 69 participants who were identified as high‐risk based on NSI checklist. Participants’ responses on SQ were analyzed with demographic characteristics such as gender, ethnicity and education. Education level was a major contributor to influence eating behaviors among older adults p≤0.01. Fifty five percent (55%) of those participants who graduated college consumed 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day compared to (11.9%) of high school graduates and (16.7%) of middle school graduates (p <0.001). Examining the risk factors on NSI can help health providers to determine whether further nutrition intervention is needed. However, more in depth questions should be added to determine the basis for the nutritional risk score.