Nutritional differences in malnourished patients according to their liquid-intake habits after hospital discharge
Nutr. hosp
; 33(supl.3): 9-12, 2016. tab
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Malnutrition is a serious and relatively common problem among hospitalized patients; moreover, it is known that a good hydration state contributes to health and wellbeing.Objective:
The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between nutritional status, functional dependency, quality of life and liquid-intake habits in malnourished patients after hospital discharge.Methods:
Cross-sectional descriptive study in 91 patients (45 males) who presented malnutrition at hospital discharge. The patients were grouped according to their liquid intake estimated through the Mini Nutritional Assessment questionnaire 3-5 glasses (n = 42), and > 5 glasses (n = 46); removing from analysis < 3 glasses of liquid intake (n = 3). The body mass index, weight, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), functional dependency (Barthel questionnaire), and quality of life (Short Form 12 Health Survey [SF-12]) were assessed 2-months after discharge.Results:
The > 5 glasses liquid intake group showed better nutritional status than the 3-5 glasses intake group, for weight (p < 0.001), body mass index (p = 0.001), and MUST scale (p = 0.020). Additionally, the > 5 glasses liquid intake group significantly scored higher values in the total SF-12 questionnaire (p = 0.013), presenting better self-reported quality of life, and higher functional independency in the Barthel index (p = 0.037) than the 3-5 glasses liquid intake group (p = 0.013).Conclusions:
Although further research is needed to elucidate the characteristics of this relationship, descriptive comparisons between groups showed favorable nutritional status, functional independency and quality of life for the > 5 glasses of liquid intake compared with the 3-5 glasses of liquid intake group during a 2-months follow-up (AU)RESUMEN
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Collection:
National databases
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Spain
Health context:
SDG3 - Target 3.8 Achieve universal access to health
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Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
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SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
Health problem:
Delivery Arrangements
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Goal 1 Equitable access to health services
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Target 3.8 Achieve universal access to health
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Water-Electrolyte Balance
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Malnutrition
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Drinking
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Aspects:
Social determinants of health
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Patient-preference
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Nutr. hosp
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria/Spain
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Universidad de Granada/Spain
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Universidad de Málaga/Spain