title: Clinical indicators of the nursing diagnosis of "imbalanced nutrition: more than body requirements" in pregnant women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To verify the accuracy measures of certain clinical indicators for the diagnosis of "Imbalanced Nutrition: More than Body Requirements" in pregnant women.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional, descriptive, and exploratory study. In total, 146 pregnant women treated in the public health unit in northeast Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected through structured interviews and by measuring the body mass index and the thickness of the triceps skin fold. The sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of these clinical indicators were also analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The clinical indicators of patients with this diagnosis were sedentary lifestyle (97.1%); eating in response to internal suggestions (86.98%); obesity/overweight; and triceps skin fold (>25 mm) (99.3%). Eating in response to external suggestions was the most specific clinical indicator (70.1%). There was a statistically significant association between eating in response to internal suggestions besides hunger (p = .022), overweight/obesity (p < .001) ,and triceps skin fold >25 mm (p = .014).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinical indicator with the highest sensitivity value (86.96%) for the diagnosis of imbalanced nutrition: greater than body requirements was eating in response to internal suggestions besides hunger. Indicators with the higher specificity value for this nursing diagnosis were obesity/overweight (98.73%) and triceps skin fold >25 mm (98.59%).
authors.affiliation: University of Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mayenne M Q P
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Valente
authors.forename: Escolástica R F
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.forename: Marcos V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: de Oliveira Lopes
authors.forename: Ana K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: de Castro Damasceno
authors.forename: Danielle R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Evangelista
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D055815:Young Adult