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dc.contributor.authorDesbrow, Ben
dc.contributor.authorBauer, Judith
dc.contributor.authorBlum, Clauia
dc.contributor.authorKandasamy, Amutha
dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, Alison
dc.contributor.authorMontgomery, Kate
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:11:32Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:11:32Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2007-03-19T21:36:52Z
dc.identifier.issn10512276
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/4874
dc.description.abstractObjective: To evaluate the scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) as a nutrition assessment tool in hemodialysis patients. Design: A cross-sectional observational study assessing the nutritional status of hemodialysis patients. Setting: Private tertiary Australian hospital. Subjects: Sixty patients, ages 63.9 +/- 16.2 years. Intervention: Scored PG-SGA questionnaire, comparison of PG-SGA score 9 with subjective global assessment (SGA), albumin, corrected arm muscle area, and triceps skinfold. Results: According to SGA, 80% of patients were well nourished and 20% of patients were malnourished. Patients classified as well nourished (SGA-A) attained a significantly lower median PG-SGA score compared with those rated as moderately malnourished or at risk of malnutrition (SGA-B). A PG-SGA score > or = 9 had a sensitivity of 83% and a specificity of 92% at predicting SGA classification. There were significant correlations between the PG-SGA score and serum albumin, PG-SGA score, and percentage weight loss over the past 6 months. There was no association between PG-SGA score and body mass index or anthropometric measurements. Conclusion: The scored PG-SGA is an easy-to-use nutrition assessment tool that allows quick identification of malnutrition in hemodialysis patients.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherW.B. Saunders Co.
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom211
dc.relation.ispartofpageto216
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Renal Nutrition
dc.relation.ispartofvolume15
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNutrition and Dietetics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1103
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1111
dc.titleAssessment of Nutritional Status in Haemodialysis Patients Using PG-SGA.
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Public Health
gro.date.issued2005
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDesbrow, Ben


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