Fight against malnutrition: The results of a 2006-2012 prospective national and global nutritionDay survey

Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
Miriam TheillanutritionDay Israel Working Group

Abstract

The nutritionDay (nD) initiative has been promoted by the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) to assess and audit the nutritional status of hospitalized patients, as well as to promote awareness. Israel has been participating annually in this project since 2006. To evaluate the proportion of malnourished patients in Israel in comparison with the rest of the world. Data were collected by staff members and the hospitalization outcomes were followed up at day 30. The data were analyzed by the Vienna coordinating center, using "my SQL" (Structured Query Language), an open source relational database management system and analyzed, using SAS (Statistical Analysis System) version 9.2. In Israel, 2303 patients (in 114 various medical specialty units) were included in the study during a 7-year survey, while 4316 units recruited 91,351 patients in the world (W), between 2006 and 2012, The median age of patients was 68 years, with 44% of females and BMI of 27 ± 6 (25 in W). Israel had a higher proportion of nutrition care teams per patient (in 88% of the units) than W (71%) (p < 0.05). 43% of the patients had a weight loss within the last 3 months prior to admission (same for W); 36.7% described a decrease in ea...Continue Reading

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