Hastanede Yatan Çocuklarda Malnütrisyon Gelişme Durumunun Değerlendirilmesi

2020 
Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the development of malnutrition and the factors affecting it in hospitalized children. Material and Methods: In this descriptive, cross-sectional study, nutritional status of 80 patients were evaluated using Waterlow and Gomez malnutrition classifications systems. Physical measurements were calculated by z-scores of weight-forlength/ height (WFL/H), weight for age (WFA), height-for-age (HFA) and body mass index–for–age (BMI) at hospital admission and at discharge. Results: While 25% of the children had a z-score index below -2 at hospital admission, this rate was 31.2% during discharge. According to Gomez malnutrition classification system, moderate and severe malnutrition was detected in 17.5% of children (10% moderate malnutrition, 7.5% severe malnutrition) at hospital admission and 25.1% of children at discharge. According to the Waterlow classification system, acute malnutrition was found in 20% of children at hospital admission and 28.8% during discharge. The length of hospital stay was found to be longer in children with a 3% reduction in WFL/H, WFA and BMI standard deviation scores (p <0.05). Conclusion: Malnutrition remains a major problem at admission and hospitalization process. All hospitalized children should be evaluated in terms of nutritional status in order to provide early diagnosis and treatment of malnutrition.
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