Malnutrition Among Hospitalized Adult Patients: Evidence From a Cross-sectional Study in Lahore, Pakistan. Issue 1 (January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chughtai, Amina; Tanweer, Afifa; Abid, Arooj
• Is Part Of: Topics in clinical nutrition. Volume 37:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 15
• Page End: 23
• Publication Date: 2022-01
• Subjects: hospitalized patients -- malnutrition -- nutritional assessment -- SGA; Nutrition -- Periodicals; Diet therapy -- Periodicals; Children -- Nutrition -- Periodicals; 613.2
• DOI: 10.1097/TIN.0000000000000266
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1550-5146

Abstract

Abstract : Hospital malnutrition, although well established, has remained underrecognized in health care settings. This study aimed at determining the prevalence and factors associated with hospital malnutrition in Lahore, Pakistan. A sample of 937 hospitalized patients was screened for malnutrition using a Subjective Global Assessment (SGA). More than half (59.4%) of the sample was found to be undernourished, of which 26.4% was severely malnourished (SGA-C). Age more than 60 years (odds ratio [OR] = 0.574, P < .05), comorbidities (OR = 1.388, P = .014), and specific disease conditions (cancer and renal diseases) (OR = 3.291; OR = 3.042, P < .05, respectively) increased the risk of undernourishment (SGA-B&C). High prevalence of disease-associated malnutrition among hospitalized patients urgently calls for preadmission screening.