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- Title
Nutritional status of children hospitalized in Tabriz Paediatric Hospital, Islamic Republic of Iran, 2008.
- Authors
Mahdavi, A. M.; Ostadrahimi, A.; Safaiyan, A.
- Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status of children consecutively admitted as inpatients to Tabriz Paediatric Hospital in the north-west of the Islamic Republic of Iran between June and August 2008. A total of 140 children aged 2-12 years were included. Patients' weight, height and triceps skinfold thickness (TSFT) were measured, and nutritional status was evaluated. Evaluation of weight-for-age, height-for-age, weight-for-height and TSFT showed that 48.6%, 30.7%, 32.2% and 14.3% of the patients, respectively, were malnourished. Malnutrition among hospitalized children is worthy of attention, and effective strategies for systematic screening and treatment of malnutrition need to be developed and implemented.
- Subjects
IRAN; ACADEMIC medical centers; MALNUTRITION; ANALYSIS of variance; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHI-squared test; CHILDREN'S hospitals; CHILD nutrition; COMPUTER software; DIET; HOSPITAL care; NUTRITIONAL requirements; RESEARCH funding; SKINFOLD thickness; T-test (Statistics); DATA analysis; DISEASE prevalence
- Publication
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2011, Vol 17, Issue 1, p36
- ISSN
1020-3397
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.26719/2011.17.1.36