Malnutrition screening on hospital admission: impact of overweight and obesity on comparative performance of MUST and PG-SGA SF
Malnutrition screening on hospital admission: impact of overweight and obesity on comparative performance of MUST and PG-SGA SF
Summary
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Traditional malnutrition screening instruments, including the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), strongly rely on low body mass index (BMI) and weight loss. In overweight/obese patients, this may result in underdetection of malnutrition risk. Alternative instruments, like the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment Short Form (PG-SGA SF), include characteristics and risk factors irrespective of BMI. Therefore, we aimed to compare performance of MUST and PG-SGA SF in malnutrition risk evaluation in overweight/obese hospitalized patients. SUBJECTS/METHODS: We assessed malnutrition risk using MUST (≥1 = increased risk) and PG-SGA SF (≥4 = increased risk) in adult patients at hospital admission in a university hospital. We compared results for patients with BMI
| Organisation | Hanze |
| Published in | European Journal of Clinical Nutrition Springer Nature, Vol. 75, Uitgave: 9, Pagina's: 1398-1406 |
| Date | 2021-09-01 |
| Type | Journal article |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41430-020-00848-4 |
| Language | English |
