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- Title
Nutritional risk screening-a cross-sectional study in a tertiary pediatric hospital.
- Authors
Tuokkola, J.; Hilpi, J.; Kolho, K-L; Orell, H.; Merras-Salmio, L.
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>All hospitalized patients should be screened for malnutrition risk. No universal method exists for pediatric patients.<bold>Methods: </bold>We performed a cross-sectional study comparing three published malnutrition risk screening tools (PYMS, STAMP, and STRONGkids), applying them to each inpatient aged 1 month to 17 years over a period of five consecutive weekdays in Helsinki University Hospital, Finland.<bold>Results: </bold>Of the eligible patients, 67% (n = 69) participated. We found that 6.2% of the children were acutely malnourished and accurately categorized by the three tools. STRONGkids showed the highest specificity (100%) and positive predictive value (36%). Acute malnutrition seemed to be associated with longer hospital stay (p = 0.051).<bold>Conclusion: </bold>STRONGkids was the most accurate screening tool for detecting acute malnutrition and was therefore chosen as the screening method in our hospital. Routine screening for the risk of malnutrition in pediatric inpatients is important in detecting at-risk children who would otherwise be left without dietary intervention.
- Subjects
FINLAND; CHILDREN'S hospitals; CROSS-sectional method; HOSPITAL patients; UNIVERSITY hospitals; MALNUTRITION
- Publication
Journal of Health, Population & Nutrition, 2019, Vol 38, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1606-0997
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s41043-019-0166-4