title: Fight against malnutrition (FAM): Selected results of 2006-2012 nutrition day survey in Poland.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Prevalence of malnutrition among hospitalized patients is a common issue increasing the morbidity and mortality rate. In response to the aforementioned problem the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) stated an action plan to fight malnutrition and created in 2004 the global health project named NutritionDay (nD) - a single-day, population based, standardized, multinational cross-sectional audit which is performed worldwide in hospitals and nursing homes.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To present selected NutritionDay (nD) results from Poland describing the nutritional situation of hospitalized patients in 2006 - 2012 compared to other countries participating in nD study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected in nD study through voluntary participation all over the world during seven years - from 2006 to 2012. Data collection was performed on ward level by staff members and patients using standardized questionnaires. The data were analyzed by the Vienna coordinating centre using the Structured Query Language ("my SQL") - an open source relational database management system as well as the Statistical Analysis System version 9.2 (SAS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  In Poland 2,830 patients were included in the study during a 7-year survey, while 5,597 units recruited 103,920 patients in the world (nD reference). About 45% of the patients had a weight loss within the last 3 months prior to admission (same for nD references); 58.34% reported a decrease in eating during last week (54.85% in case of nD references). Food intake at nD illustrated that 60.55% of the patients ate half to nothing of the served meal (58.37% in the case of nD references). For both Poland and other countries participated in audit at the time of detection of malnutrition on the half of hospital wards wasn't reported any action aimed at combating this phenomenon.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Malnutrition of hospitalized patients in Poland was found comparable to the rest of the world. These results reflects the fact that malnutrition is a common issue among hospitalized patients all over the world and it would be recommended to continue the action plan to fight against malnutrition commenced by the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) on international and national level.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  malnutrition, disease-related malnutrition, fight against malnutrition.
authors.affiliation: Medical University of Warsaw, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Human Nutrition, Erazma Ciolka 27 street, 01-445 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ostrowska
authors.affiliation: Medical University of Warsaw, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Human Nutrition, Erazma Ciolka 27 street, 01-445 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jeznach-Steinhagen
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005521:Food Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000517:prevention & control; D009749:Nutrition Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011044:Poland; D012189:Retrospective Studies