[A SIMPLE AND RELIABLE TOOL FOR DETECTION OF NUTRITIONAL RISK IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS].
BACKGROUND
malnutrition in hospital associates with complications such a high rates of infections, increased length of stay, and increased economic costs. Hospitals require applying a simple and reliable tool for detection of nutritional risk.


OBJECTIVE
to evaluate the agreement between a screening tool used in a hospital and both MUST and SGA tools to determine the prevalence of nutritional risk.


METHODS
patients -with a hospitalization period less than 36 hours- were assessed with three nutritional screening tools. Kappa value was used to assess agreement between the tests; SGA was the gold standard.


RESULTS
the study included 100 patients (F = 49, M = 51) with a mean age of 49 years. MUST presented a good agreement with the SGA (kappa = 0.55).


CONCLUSIONS
MUST presents the highest agreement with the gold standard; therefore, it must be used to screen nutritional status of hospitalized patients due to its simplicity, reliability, and reproducibility.
Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad 1 Bajío.. claudiamartinezcordero@hotmail.com.
Martha
M
Padilla-Romo
Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Bajío. México.. claudiamartinezcordero@hotmail.com.
Erika
E
Martinez-Cordero
Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Bajío. México.. claudiamartinezcordero@hotmail.com.
Claudia
C
Martinez-Cordero
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012306:Risk; D013997:Time Factors