title: Validation of the Spanish version of the Edinburgh feeding evaluation in dementia scale applied to institutionalized older persons with dementia: a study protocol.
abstract: The aim of this study was to obtain a Spanish version of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia Scale version, to assess its reliability for use by medical staff and caregivers at residential care homes, to evaluate by confirmatory methods its construct validity. A further aim was to determine the criterion validity with respect to biochemical markers of malnutrition such as serum albumin, transferrin, cholesterol and lymphocytes, the body mass index and the mini nutritional assessment.
  
  
  
  Clinimetric cross-validation study.
  
  
  
  Institutionalized subjects with dementia will be observed while consuming meals and evaluated with the instrument independently by nurses and caregivers.
authors.affiliation: Los Boliches Health Centre Costa del Sol Primary Health Care District Málaga Spain.
authors.forename: Maria Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Saucedo Figueredo
authors.affiliation: Nursing Home Unit Málaga-Gualdalhorce Primary Health Care District Málaga Spain; Faculty of Health Sciences University of Málaga Málaga Spain.
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Morilla Herrera
authors.affiliation: Nursing Home Unit Costa del Sol Primary Health Care District Málaga Spain.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramos Gil
authors.affiliation: Nursing Home Unit Costa del Sol Primary Health Care District Málaga Spain.
authors.forename: Maria Nieves
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Arjona Gómez
authors.affiliation: Nursing Home Unit Costa del Sol Primary Health Care District Málaga Spain.
authors.forename: Felicisima
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: García Dillana
authors.affiliation: Nursing Home Unit Costa del Sol Primary Health Care District Málaga Spain.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martínez Blanco
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing and Podiatry Faculty of Health Sciences University of Málaga Málaga Spain.
authors.forename: Jose Miguel
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7911-7487
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Morales Asencio
keywords: Aged; Dementia; Feeding behavior; Geriatric Assessment; Psychometrics