dc.contributor.author | Yeo, Pei Sien | |
dc.contributor.author | Majid, Hazreen Abdul | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-07T14:42:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-06-07T14:42:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-05-24 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Yeo, P. S., & Majid, H. A. (2024). The risk of under-nutrition in hospitalised Malaysian children: use of 3-minute nutrition screening-paediatrics (Paediatric 3-MinNS). Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 74(6), 1074–1078. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.9616 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0030-9982 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://aecc.archive.knowledgearc.net/handle/123456789/310 | |
dc.description | Available under License - Creative Commons Attribution: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To evaluate the under-nutrition risk of children admitted to hospitals using a validated tool.
Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2017 to June 2018 in the paediatrics wards of a tertiary referral paediatric government hospital, a tertiary teaching hospital and a government district hospital in Malaysia. The sample comprised paediatric patients aged 2-12 years within 24-72 hours of hospital admission. Data was collected using the 3-Minute Nutrition Screening-Paediatrics tool.
Data was analysed using SPSS 20.
Results: Of the 341 patients screened, 284(83.3%); 170(59.9%) boys and 114(40.1%) girls. The overall median age was 4.85 years (interquartile range: 4.33 years). The median length of hospital stay was 3 days (interquartile range: 3 days). There were 72(25.4%) participants at high under-nutrition risk, with the highest proportion being at the district government hospital 31(33%). Among those with high risk, 5.4% subjects had severe acute malnutrition, 9.7% had severe chronic malnutrition, and 11.1% had severe thinness.
Conclusion: The 3-Minute Nutrition Screening-Paediatrics scale was found to be effective as a nutrition screening tool for hospitalised children in Malaysia. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association | en |
dc.subject | Hospitalised children | en |
dc.subject | Nutrition | en |
dc.subject | Screening tool | en |
dc.title | The risk of under-nutrition in hospitalised Malaysian children: use of 3-minute nutrition screening-paediatrics (Paediatric 3-MinNS) | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.9616 | |