Malnutrition risk in newly hospitalized obese individuals

Obese malnourished vs. obese adequately nourished newly hospitalized patients: effects on duration of hospitalization and in-hospital mortality

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12612000328875

Acronym

Mr NOI

Enrollment

500

Registered

2012-03-22

Start date

2011-03-17

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Malnutrition is prevalent among 20-50% of hospitalized individuals, particularly among the elderly and those with chronic disease. The co-existence of malnutrition in obese, newly hospitalized patients has not been evaluated. This study was designed to estimate malnutrition prevalence among newly hospitalized overweight and obese patients; to characterize malnutrition by body weight category; and to assess the degree to which elevated BMI protects individuals from malnutrition and its manifestations such as length of hospitalization. For a period of five weeks, all adults newly admitted to internal medicine and surgical departments at the E. Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel, were screened for malnutrition risk using the Nutrition Risk Screen 2002 (NRS 2002). Malnutrition was compared between overweight/obese patients and normal weight patients. Overweight/obese patients were compared by malnutrition status (malnourished vs. adequately nourished).

Interventions

Nutrition status defined by the Nutrition Risk Screen 2002 malnourished vs. adequately nourished patients. Patients are screened on a single occasion, within 24 hours after admission to the hospital. Data acquisition continued for a period of 5 weeks total, and our goal was to screen all adults newly admitted to internal medicine and surgical departments at E. Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 110 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Admission to hospital for any reason. All newly hospitalized patients are eligible. Obesity is defined as BMI 30 kg/m sq or more; overweight is defined as BMI 25-30 kg/m sq. Normal BMI is defined as BMI 18.5-24.99 kg/m sq.

Exclusion criteria

Pregnancy; outpatient status; discharge prior to performance of nutrition screen

Outcome results