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Malnutrition Screening and Assessment

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Serón-Arbeloa, Carlos, Labarta-Monzón, Lorenzo, Puzo-Foncillas, José, Mallor-Bonet, Tomas, Lafita-López, Alberto, Bueno-Vidales, Néstor, Montoro-Huguet, Miguel·2022·Nutrients

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Abstract

Malnutrition is a serious problem with negative impact on the quality of life and the evolution of our patients, contributing to an increase in morbidity, hospital stay, mortality and health spending. Early identification is fundamental to implement the necessary therapeutic actions involving adequate nutritional support to prevent or reverse malnutrition. This review presents two complementary methods of fighting malnutrition: nutritional screening and nutritional assessment. Nutritional risk screening is conducted using simple, quick-to-perform tools and is the first line of action in detecting at-risk patients. It should be implemented systematically and periodically on admission to hospital or residential care, as well as on an outpatient basis for patients with chronic conditions. Once patients with a nutritional risk have been detected they should undergo a more detailed nutritional assessment to identify and quantify the type and degree of malnutrition. This should include health history and clinical examination, dietary history, anthropometric measurements, evaluation of the degree of aggression determined by the disease, functional assessment and, whenever possible, some method of measuring body composition.

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  • Functional assessment is a key component in the evaluation of nutritional status and in the follow-up of nutritional interventions, since loss of muscle function is an essential feature in malnutrition, and its recovery is an indicator of nutritional improvement.

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  1. Lim, S.L.; Tong, C.Y.; Ang, E.; Lee, E.J.C.; Loke, W.C.; Chen, Y.; Ferguson, M.; Daniels, L. Development and Validation of 3-Minute Nutrition Screening (3-MinNS) Tool for Acute Hospital Patients in Singapore. Asia Pac. J. Clin. Nutr. 2009, 18, 395-403. [PubMed]

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Serón-Arbeloa, C., Labarta-Monzón, L., Puzo-Foncillas, J., Mallor-Bonet, T., Lafita-López, A., Bueno-Vidales, N., & Montoro-Huguet, M.
Affiliations
Universidad de Zaragoza (ES)
Venue
Nutrients
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2022-05-06
Volume
14
Issue
12
Pages
2392-2392
ISSN
2072-6643 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4282835552
Cited by
312
References
231
Citations by year
2026: 64 · 2025: 104 · 2024: 78 · 2023: 54 · 2022: 12
FWCI
8.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nutrients (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Zaguan (Universidad de Zaragoza) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Body Composition Measurement Techniques
Keywords
malnutrition, nutritional screening, nutritional assessment, nutritional risk screening, early detection of malnutrition, nutritional support, anthropometry, body composition, functional assessment, dietary history, hospitalized patients, chronic disease
MeSH terms
Humans, Nutritional Status, Quality of Life, Nutrition Assessment, Nutritional Support, Malnutrition

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