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Title: | Capturing the data: Nutrition risk screening of adults in hospital. | Authors: | Sequeira J.;Frew E.;Cant R. | Institution: | (Frew) Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dandenong Hospital, PO Box 478, Dandenong VIC, 3175, Australia (Cant) School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, Churchill VIC 3842, Australia (Sequeira) Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dandenong Hospital, PO Box 478, Australia | Issue Date: | 11-Mar-2011 | Copyright year: | 2010 | Publisher: | MDPI AG | Place of publication: | Switzerland | Publication information: | Nutrients. 2 (4) (pp 438-448), 2010. Date of Publication: April 2010. | Journal: | Nutrients | Abstract: | This study aims to explore limitations with the Malnutrition Screening Tool in identifying malnutrition risk, in a cohort of 3,033 adult Australian medical and surgical hospital inpatients. Seventy-two percent of patients were screened; illness and medical care limited access to others. Malnutrition risk (16.5%; n = 501) was found in all age groups with a trend to higher risk in medical wards; 10% (n = 300) of patients with communication barriers were excluded. Systematic screening increased dietitians' referrals by 39%. Further research is required to enable screening of all patients, including those with communication issues with an easy to use valid tool. © 2010 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. | DOI: | http://monash.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu2040438 | PubMed URL: | 22254032 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=22254032] | ISSN: | 2072-6643 (electronic) | URI: | https://repository.monashhealth.org/monashhealthjspui/handle/1/30608 | Type: | Article | Subjects: | aged article Australia cohort analysis controlled study dietitian female general hospital *hospital patient human major clinical study male malnutrition/di [Diagnosis] *nutritional status patient referral risk assessment screening ward adult human major clinical study male malnutrition / diagnosis *nutritional status patient referral risk assessment screening ward *hospital patient general hospital female dietitian controlled study cohort analysis Australia article aged adult |
Type of Clinical Study or Trial: | Observational study (cohort, case-control, cross sectional or survey) |
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