Nutritional risk of hospitalized patients in Turkey
Date
2009-10
Authors
Gündoǧdu, Haldun
Aydıntuǧ, Semih
Bahar, Mois
Besler, Tanju
Moral, Ali Reşat
Oǧuz, Mehmet
Sakarya, Melek
Uyar, Mehmet
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Publisher
Churchill Livingstone
Abstract
Background & aims: We conducted a multicentre study to assess nutritional risk at hospital admission, hospital-associated iatrogenic malnutrition and the status of nutritional support in Turkish hospitals.
Methods: A database which allowed for online submission of hospital and patient data was developed. A nutritional risk screening system (NRS-2002) was applied to all patients and repeated weekly in patients with hospital stays greater than one week and no invasive procedures. Patient-specific nutritional support was recorded during the study period.
Results: Thirty-four hospitals from 19 cities contributed data from 29,139 patients. On admission, 15% of patients had nutritional risk. Nutritional risk was common (52%) in intensive care unit patients and lowest (3.9%) in otorhinolaryngology patients. Only 51.8% of patients with nutritional risk received nutritional support. Nutritional risk was present in 6.25% of patients at the end of the first week and 5.2% at the end of the second week, independent of nutritional support. In patients with nutritional risk on admission who were hospitalized for two weeks and received nutritional support, the NRS-2002 score remained >= 3 in 83% of cases.
Conclusions: Nutritional risk is common in hospitalized Turkish patients. While patients at nutritional risk often do not receive nutritional support when hospitalized, nutritional risk occurs independent of nutritional support.
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Keywords
Nutritional screening, NRS-2002 Nutritional assessment, Undernutrition, Malnutrition, Prevalence, Admission, Disease, Multicenter, Support, Stay, Care, Nutrition & dietetics
Citation
Korfalı, G. vd. (2009). "Nutritional risk of hospitalized patients in Turkey". Clinical Nutrition, 28(5), 533-537.