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