How to detect non-institutionalized older patients at risk of malnutrition during their hospitalization? Comparison of 8 screening tools for malnutrition or nutritional risk

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BACKGROUND: The prevalence of malnutrition is high among the elderly population. Hospital admission is a window of opportunity for its detection.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the concordance of different nutritional scales in hospitalized patients.

METHODS: Prospective study in non-institutionalized patients over 65 years of age admitted to an internal medicine department. Five malnutrition screening surveys (MNA, MST, MUST, NRS-2000 and CONUT) and three nutritional risk screening surveys (SCREEN 3, 8 and 14) were compared. As gold standard we use the Global Malnutrition Leadership Initiative for Malnutrition (GLIM) definition of malnutrition.

RESULTS: Eighty-five patients (37% female, median age 83 years) were included. Forty-eight percent (95% CI 38-59%) of patients were classified as malnourished according to GLIM criteria. The SCREEN 3 scale was the most sensitive (93%; 95% CI 87-98) and MUST the most specific (91%; CI 85-99). The most effective scale for excluding suspected malnutrition was SCREEN 3 (LR- 0.17; 95% CI 0.05-0.53) and the best for confirming it was MST (LR+ 7.08; 95% CI 3.06-16.39). Concordance between the different scales was low or very low with kappa indices between 0.082 and 0.465.

CONCLUSIONS: A comprehensive approach is needed to detect malnutrition in hospitalized patients. More sensitive scales are more useful in initial screening. Nutritional risk tools could be effective at this stage. In a second step, malnutrition should be confirmed according to established criteria such as GLIM.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:224

Enthalten in:

Revista clinica espanola - 224(2024), 4 vom: 15. Apr., Seite 217-224

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

García-Fuente, I [VerfasserIn]
Corral-Gudino, L [VerfasserIn]
Gabella-Martín, M [VerfasserIn]
Olivet-de-la-Fuente, V E [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-Nieto, J [VerfasserIn]
Miramontes-González, P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Elderly
Evaluación nutricional
Journal Article
Malnutrición
Malnutrition
Mayores
Nutritional assessment
Sarcopenia
Sensibilidad y especificidad
Sensitivity and specificity

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Date Completed 08.04.2024

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.rceng.2024.03.003

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NLM369801601