Turkish Adaptation of Nutritional Form for the Elderly: A Methodological Study

Objective: To establish the validity and reliability of Nutrition Form for Elderly (NUFFE), which is a new, inexpensive, useful, easily applicable malnutrition assessment tool elderly. Material Methods: The study was conducted on 150 individuals aged 65 over living in community. questionnaire form containing NUFFE Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) form, validated reliable Turkish, used to evaluate sociodemographic characteristics, anthropometric measurements as data collection tool. consisting 15 items 3 answer options each question. scale first translated from English Turkish by experts, then reverse different experts. Being evaluated 10 experts with Davis technique, validity, internal consistency correlation between MNA applied were evaluated. Results: mean age participants 70.68±5.39 years. suitability sample size factor analysis tested Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value 0.778. Due low loads explanatory analysis, three (N6, N8, N14) removed remaining 12-item collected two sub-dimensions. Cronbach's alpha coefficient NUFFE-TR found be 0.741. A negative total scores (r=- 0.778; p<0.05). Conclusion: valid reliable, simple, practical, quick-to-apply assess nutritional status older adults society.