title: Postsurgical alveolar bone graft patients: elaboration and application of a data-gathering instrument for nutrition and nursing.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To relate nutritional status with food acceptance by patients undergoing alveolar bone grafting and to elaborate an interdisciplinary instrument for data collection, involving nutrition and nursing teams.
  
  
  METHODS
  A prospective, longitudinal, and comparative study with a quantitative approach was conducted in a tertiary institutional hospital. The nutritional anthropometric evaluation was performed one day before surgery (M1) and at hospital discharge (M2), by measuring body mass index (BMI), triceps skinfold thickness (TST), subscapular skinfold thickness (SST), and arm muscle circumference (AMC). The interdisciplinary instrument for data collection was used.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample comprised 150 patients, aged 10 to 20 years, of both genders, who agreed to participate in this study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most of patients were well-nourished during the study. There was correlation between BMI and Σ TST + SST at M1 and M2 (P < .0001) and between BMI and AMC (P < .0001). Concerning food acceptance, 145 patients had adequate intake and 5 did not. Comparisons between the groups of patients revealed decreases in values for BMI, Σ TST + SST, and AMC from -0.37, 0.0, and 0.3, respectively, at M1 to -0.71, -3.0, and 0.0, respectively, at M2. BMI and AMC showed similar decreases in both groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The interdisciplinary instrument was useful and appropriate for associating nutritional status with food acceptance, adding value for teamwork.
authors: Marli Luiz
authors: ML
authors: Beluci
authors: Suely Prieto
authors: SP
authors: de Barros
authors: Hilton Coimbra
authors: HC
authors: Borgo
authors: Cassiana Mendes Bertoncello
authors: CM
authors: Fontes
authors: Eliane Petean
authors: EP
authors: Arena
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D064728:Alveolar Bone Grafting / Q000451:nursing; D000886:Anthropometry; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011446:Prospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult