Malnutrition prevalence and precision in nutritional care: an intervention study in one teaching hospital in Iceland

Abstract

Greater efforts need to be taken to increase the precision of nutritional care among patients at moderate/high undernutrition risk and among those with appetite and energy problems.

Malnutrition and nutritional care in an Icelandic teaching hospital

“…(25%) but somewhat higher than in 2007 (17%) [20], and comparable to that in small and middle sized Swedish hospitals [5]. Also the prevalence of overweight/obesity was similar to that found earlier among Icelandic hospital inpatients [20] but higher than that in Sweden [5]. Thus, the prevalence of UN-risk corresponds well to that found in other studies using similar screening methods but the overweight/obesity prevalence is higher.…”

“…Detailed information about the types of nutritional interventions is provided in Table 3. (25%) but somewhat higher than in 2007 (17%) [20], and comparable to that in small and middle sized Swedish hospitals [5]. Also the prevalence of overweight/obesity was similar to that found earlier among Icelandic hospital inpatients [20] but higher than that in Sweden [5].…”

Inter- and intrarater reliability of Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition Form – version II (MEONF-II) nurse assessments among hospital inpatients

“…This is similar to previously reported rates according to the MEONF-II. In an Icelandic study [11] the baseline prevalence of undernutrition (moderate/high risk) was 25%, and in Swedish small, middle and large sized hospitals the corresponding rates have been 22-34% [29]. This implies that, from a nutritional perspective, the sample in this study seems to be a representative hospital sample.…”

“…Data were collected at a regional Icelandic hospital [11] using a cross-sectional test-retest design. The Guidelines for Reporting Reliability and Agreement Studies (GRRAS) were followed [12].…”

Short‐term effects of a computer‐based nutritional nursing training program for inpatient hospital care

“…Besides data about UN risk, and overweight/obesity, data regarding nutritional treatment and care were also collected. The standardized protocol has been used and continually improved throughout previous studies [1,3,22,26,37,38]. Height and weight measurements were taken using standard equipment available at the included units, and the patients were observed while eating and asked about eating difficulties and unintentional weight loss.…”