| Zdroj: |
International Journal of Caring Sciences; Sep-Dec2020, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p2232-2249, 18p, 1 Color Photograph, 1 Black and White Photograph, 4 Diagrams, 10 Charts |
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Background and Aims: Different diagnostic tools are used in the identification of malnutrition in hospitalized patients. The aim of this article is to review the main diagnostic tools used in the assessment of nutritional status of inpatients with NCDs in the last ten years. Methods: Data needed for this review were collected through searching PubMed, Sciencedirect and Google Scholar databases, for the period from 2010 to 2020. MeSH keywords included "non-communicable diseases" "nutritional status" "nutritional status assessment" "malnutrition" "inpatients". The data were summarized and were analyzed using Content Analysis. Result: Out of 374 articles, 10 articles were included in the study. Regarding the contents extracted, data were categorized into 2 topics namely; criteria of diagnosis of malnutrition of NCDs'inpatients and tools of nutritional status assessment of NCDs'inpatients. Three criteria of diagnosis were reviewed: diagnosis of the disease, age and nutritional variables. The main tools of diagnosis are: BBT tool, GLIM criteria, GNRI, MNA, MST and MUST, NRS 2002, SGA and PG-SGA, SNAQ and anthropometric parameters. Conclusion: this review represent nutritional status assessment tools all combined in one reference that makes it easier for researchers, health professionals and nutritionists to choose the appropriate tool according to their research goals (diagnosis, prediction, evaluation), their samples (adults, elderly),and their available resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
