title: Validation of Clinical Indicators of Imbalanced Nutrition: Less Than Body Requirements in Early Childhood.
abstract: This is a clinical validation study of the nursing diagnosis of imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements based on the diagnostic accuracy measures. Measures of sensitivity and specificity were calculated based on the latent class analysis method using a random effects model in a sample of 123 children between 0 and 6 years old. The prevalence of the diagnosis was estimated to be 27.6% using the latent class model. Indicators that exhibited the best measures of diagnostic accuracy included insufficient interest in food and satiety immediately upon ingesting food. A total of seven clinical indicators were validated clinically.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department at Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Iane Ximenes
authors.initials: IX
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department at Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Electronic address: marcos@ufc.br.
authors.forename: Marcos Venícios de Oliveira
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department at Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Larissa Castelo Guedes
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department at Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camila Maciel
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Diniz
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department at Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Angélica Paixão
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: de Menezes
authors.affiliation: Nursing Department at Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Naiana Pacífico
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Alves
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001938:Brazil; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D009751:Nutritional Requirements / Q000502:physiology*; D012372:ROC Curve; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: Diagnostic accuracy; Nursing diagnosis; Nutritional status; Pediatrics