Prevalence of malnutrition in hospitalized patients in Taleghani hospital in Tehran
| Autor: | Hosseinpour-Niazi S (MSc), Naderi Z (MSc), Hosseinpour-Niazi N (BS), Delshad M (MSc), Mirmiran P (PhD), Azizi F (MD) |
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| Jazyk: | perština |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان, Vol 13, Iss 4, Pp 97-106 (2012) |
| ISSN: | 2008-4080 1562-4765 |
| Popis: | Background and Objective: Malnutrition in hospital increases the mortality of patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of malnutrition and related risk factors in hospitalized patients. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was carried out on 446 patients (217 males, 229 females) during 6 months, admitted to the Taleghani hospital in Tehran, Iran during 2005. Anthropometric measurements and previous admission to hospital in previous 6 months for each patient was recorded. Mild, moderate and severe malnutrition were considered as BMI=18-20 kg/m2 and TSF, or MAMC10% in previous 6 months respectively. Results: The prevalence rate of malnutrition as a general was 52% with following subdivision: 14%, 10% and 28% in mild, moderate and severe, respectively. The highest prevalence of malnutrition observed in gastrointestinal ward, males, those aged 18-29 year and patients with secondary and high school education. In malnourished patients, the prevalence of TSF, MAC and MAMC |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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