Desfecho terapêutico de pacientes em risco nutricional admitidos em um hospital universitário
Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: to investigate the influence of nutritional risk, detected upon being admitted to a hospital, on therapeutic outcomes in patients. METHODS: This prospective cohort study was conducted with 495 patients admitted to the emergency clinic of a public hospital, where they were screened for nutritional risk based on the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002. At the end of hospitalization, the outcome, complications, and the presence of nutritional therapy were evaluated based on the medical records. RESULTS: Of the total patients, 53.9% were female, 71.3% were less than 60 years of age, and 11.7% had the therapeutic outcome of palliative care / death. According to Body Mass Index (BMI), 15.5% of the patients were classified as malnourished. Nutritional risk was found in 54.5%, which correlated strongly with the therapeutic outcome of palliative care/death (HR: 5.92, 95% CI: 2.68 to 13.08) as well as their components of increased nutritional requirements (HR: 3.33, 95% CI: 1.61 to 6.86) and impaired nutritional status (HR = moderate: 3.24, 95% CI: 1.31 to 8.00, severe = HR: 6.45, 95% CI: 2.36 to 17.63) after adjustment for potential confounding factors. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of nutritional risk detected in the sample was high, and its presence was related to a poor therapeutic outcome.
Language: English
Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $57
OpenAlex ID: W2155945617