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dc.contributor.authorWhite, Melinda
dc.contributor.authorLawson, Karen
dc.contributor.authorRamsey, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorDennis, Nicole
dc.contributor.authorHutchinson, Zoe
dc.contributor.authorSoh, Xin Ying
dc.contributor.authorMatsuyama, Misa
dc.contributor.authorDoolan, Annabel
dc.contributor.authorTodd, Alwyn
dc.contributor.authorElliott, Aoife
dc.contributor.authorBell, Kristie
dc.contributor.authorLittlewood, Robyn
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-31T23:33:31Z
dc.date.available2019-03-31T23:33:31Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn0148-6071
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0148607114544321
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/102424
dc.description.abstractBackground: Pediatric nutrition risk screening tools are not routinely implemented throughout many hospitals, despite prevalence studies demonstrating malnutrition is common in hospitalized children. Existing tools lack the simplicity of those used to assess nutrition risk in the adult population. This study reports the accuracy of a new, quick, and simple pediatric nutrition screening tool (PNST) designed to be used for pediatric inpatients. Materials and Methods: The pediatric Subjective Global Nutrition Assessment (SGNA) and anthropometric measures were used to develop and assess the validity of 4 simple nutrition screening questions comprising the PNST. Participants were pediatric inpatients in 2 tertiary pediatric hospitals and 1 regional hospital. Results: Two affirmative answers to the PNST questions were found to maximize the specificity and sensitivity to the pediatric SGNA and body mass index (BMI) z scores for malnutrition in 295 patients. The PNST identified 37.6% of patients as being at nutrition risk, whereas the pediatric SGNA identified 34.2%. The sensitivity and specificity of the PNST compared with the pediatric SGNA were 77.8% and 82.1%, respectively. The sensitivity of the PNST at detecting patients with a BMI z score of less than −2 was 89.3%, and the specificity was 66.2%. Both the PNST and pediatric SGNA were relatively poor at detecting patients who were stunted or overweight, with the sensitivity and specificity being less than 69%. Conclusion: The PNST provides a sensitive, valid, and simpler alternative to existing pediatric nutrition screening tools such as Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Pediatrics (STAMP), Screening Tool Risk on Nutritional status and Growth (STRONGkids), and Paediatric Yorkhill Malnutrition Score (PYMS) to ensure the early detection of hospitalized children at nutrition risk.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom392
dc.relation.ispartofpageto398
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
dc.relation.ispartofvolume40
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.titleSimple Nutrition Screening Tool for Paediatric Inpatients
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMatsuyama, Misa
gro.griffith.authorTodd, Alwyn S.
gro.griffith.authorWhite, Melinda
gro.griffith.authorDennis, Nicki


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