EVALUATION OF THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS: USE OF CONVENTIONAL AND NON-CONVENTIONAL METHODS

Authors

  • Juliany Caroline Silva de Sousa Universidade Potiguar, Natal, RN, Brasil.
  • Cristiane Maria de Oliveira Departamento de Nutrição da Escola de Saúde, Laureate International Universities - UnP.Natal-RN
  • Ana Shirley Marinho Araújo Universidade potiguar
  • Raíssa Dantas dos Santo Universidade Potiguar
  • Lidiane de Lima Fernandes Universidade Potiguar
  • Alexandre Coelho Serquiz Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2018.29094

Keywords:

Nutritional Assessment. Anthropometry. Inpatients.

Abstract

The assessment of nutritional status is essential in the follow-up of hospitalized patients, since it aims to check fornutritional changes, allowing an adequate intervention for recovery and / or maintenance of individuals’ health. This study is aimed at evaluating the nutritional status of hospitalized patients using adductor pollicis muscle thickness (APMT), handgrip strength (HGS), body mass index (BMI), calf circumference (CC) and arm circumference (AC). It is a cross-sectional study, in which 88 patients of both sexes were evaluated. The results indicate that changes in body composition, physical inactivity, increased inflammatory status, edemas and malnutrition may often be related to differences in nutritional status, as verified from the different parameters observed, with normal weightbeing more prevalent in all methods, except in the APMT and HGS methods,mainly for the elderly, where the risk of depletion was predominant. It is suggested that both APMT and HGS may be indicators fordetection ofcomplications attributed to risks of depletions for both the adult and the elderly populations.

DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2018.29094

 

 

Author Biographies

Juliany Caroline Silva de Sousa, Universidade Potiguar, Natal, RN, Brasil.

Nutricionista, Pós graduanda em Nutrição Clínica Funcional na UnP.

Cristiane Maria de Oliveira, Departamento de Nutrição da Escola de Saúde, Laureate International Universities - UnP.Natal-RN

Nutricionista

Ana Shirley Marinho Araújo, Universidade potiguar

Nutricionista

Raíssa Dantas dos Santo, Universidade Potiguar

Nutricionista

Lidiane de Lima Fernandes, Universidade Potiguar

Mestrado em Nutrição pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Alexandre Coelho Serquiz, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Nutricionista, Doutorando do Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências da Saúde da UFRN, Mestre em Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte- UFRN; Doutorando em Ciências da Saúde pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN e Professor do programa de pós graduação da universidade potiguar- Laureate International Universities.

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Published

2018-05-21

How to Cite

de Sousa, J. C. S., Oliveira, C. M. de, Araújo, A. S. M., dos Santo, R. D., Fernandes, L. de L., & Serquiz, A. C. (2018). EVALUATION OF THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS: USE OF CONVENTIONAL AND NON-CONVENTIONAL METHODS. DEMETRA: Food, Nutrition & Health, 13(1), 195–208. https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2018.29094

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2018)

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