Background: High prevalence of malnutrition along with the risk
for the development of malnutrition in hospitalised children has been
reported. However, this problem remains largely unrecognised by
healthcare workers.
Aims: To determine the prevalence of malnutrition and effectiveness
of STRONGkids nutritional risk screening (NRS) tool in the identification
of malnutrition risk among pediatric surgical patients.
Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Methods: A total of 494 pediatric surgical patients (median age 59
months, 75.8% males) were included in this prospective study conducted
over 3 months. SD-scores <-2 for Body Mass Index (BMI) for
age or weight-for-height (WFH) and height-for-age (HFA) were considered
to indicate acute and chronic malnutrition, respectively. The
STRONGkids NRS tool was used to determine risk for malnutrition.
Results: Malnutrition was detected in 13.4% in this group of pediatric
surgical patients. Acute malnutrition was identified in 10.1% of
patients and more commonly in patients aged ≤60 months than aged
>60 months (13.4 vs. 6.6%, p=0.012). Chronic malnutrition was identified
in 23 (4.6%) of patients with no significant difference between
age groups. There were 7 (1.4%) children with coexistent acute and
chronic malnutrition. The STRONGkids tool revealed that 35.7% of
patients were either in the moderate or high risk group for malnutrBackground: High prevalence of malnutrition along with the risk
for the development of malnutrition in hospitalised children has been
reported. However, this problem remains largely unrecognised by
healthcare workers.
Aims: To determine the prevalence of malnutrition and effectiveness
of STRONGkids nutritional risk screening (NRS) tool in the identification
of malnutrition risk among pediatric surgical patients.
Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Methods: A total of 494 pediatric surgical patients (median age 59
months, 75.8% males) were included in this prospective study conducted
over 3 months. SD-scores <-2 for Body Mass Index (BMI) for
age or weight-for-height (WFH) and height-for-age (HFA) were considered
to indicate acute and chronic malnutrition, respectively. The
STRONGkids NRS tool was used to determine risk for malnutrition.
Results: Malnutrition was detected in 13.4% in this group of pediatric
surgical patients. Acute malnutrition was identified in 10.1% of
patients and more commonly in patients aged ≤60 months than aged
>60 months (13.4 vs. 6.6%, p=0.012). Chronic malnutrition was identified
in 23 (4.6%) of patients with no significant difference between
age groups. There were 7 (1.4%) children with coexistent acute and
chronic malnutrition. The STRONGkids tool revealed that 35.7% of
patients were either in the moderate or high risk group for malnutr
Hospitalisation malnutrition nutritional status outpatients pediatric surgery risk assessment STRONGkids
Diğer ID | JA82GS23CG |
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Bölüm | Araştırma Makalesi |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 1 Ekim 2014 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2014 Cilt: 31 Sayı: 4 |