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- Title
The Assessment of the Risk of Malnutrition (Undernutrition) in Stroke Patients.
- Authors
Di Vincenzo, Olivia; Luisi, Maria Luisa Eliana; Alicante, Paola; Ballarin, Giada; Biffi, Barbara; Gheri, Chiara Francesca; Scalfi, Luca
- Abstract
Malnutrition is common in stroke patients, as it is associated with neurological and cognitive impairment as well as clinical outcomes. Nutritional screening is a process with which to categorize the risk of malnutrition (i.e., nutritional risk) based on validated tools/procedures, which need to be rapid, simple, cost-effective, and reliable in the clinical setting. This review focuses on the tools/procedures used in stroke patients to assess nutritional risk, with a particular focus on their relationships with patients' clinical characteristics and outcomes. Different screening tools/procedures have been used in stroke patients, which have shown varying prevalence in terms of nutritional risk (higher in rehabilitation units) and significant relationships with clinical outcomes in the short- and long term, such as infection, disability, and mortality. Indeed, there have been few attempts to compare the usefulness and reliability of the different tools/procedures. More evidence is needed to identify appropriate approaches to assessing nutritional risk among stroke patients in the acute and sub-acute phase of disease or during rehabilitation; to evaluate the impact of nutritional treatment on the risk of malnutrition during hospital stay or rehabilitation unit; and to include nutritional screening in well-defined nutritional care protocols.
- Subjects
MALNUTRITION diagnosis; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; NUTRITIONAL assessment; REHABILITATION centers; RISK assessment; STROKE patients; MALNUTRITION; SYMPTOMS; NUTRITIONAL status; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Nutrients, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 3, p683
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu15030683