Evaluation of Malnutrition Risk with Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients
Abstract
Introduction: Malnutrition can lead to morbidity and mortalityin Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Malnutrition screening tool (MUST) is a simple and easy-to-apply screening questionnaire developed for outpatiets. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the frequency of malnutrition risk with MUST in IBD patients.
Method: Between 01 April 2016 and 01 April 2017, patients diagnosed with IBD in outpatient and inpatient clinics of Gastroenterology were screened for malnutrition risk with MUST. Patients with a MUST score of ≥2 were concluded as high-risk for malnutrition. Results: A total of 216 IBD patients enrolled in this study. The study included a total of 177 (81.9%) patients from outpatient polyclinic and 39 (18.1%) from inpatient clinic. Risk of malnutrition was identified in 24.1% of patients according to MUST. Number of hospitalized patients with malnutrition rsik was significantly higher than the outpatient ones (71.7% vs. 13.5%, p<0,001). The frequency of high malnutrition risk was 21.7% in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients and 29.68% in Crohn's disease (CD) patients. The economic status of patients with malnutrition was significantly lower (0,010) and the history of surgery was significantly higher in patients with CD (p=0,002).
Conclusion: A quarters of IBD patients had a high risk of malnutrition in our study. The risk of hospitalized patients was much higher. Care should be taken with low economic status for all patients and in CD patients with a surgical history for malnutrition risk.
Keywords
Inflammatory bowel disease, Malnutrition, Nutritional assessment
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