OR51: Assessment of Nutritional Status and Nutritional Risk in Hospitalized Turkish Children

Comparison of Pediatric Nutrition Screening Tool (PNST) With the Pediatric Yorkhill Malnutrition Score (PYMS) in Hospitalized Turkish Children

“…Therefore, we preferred the relatively novel PNST tool to compare with a prior screening tool because of its design to be simple and fast without the need to collect anthropometric measurements. Moreover, PYMS was used as a comparison tool in the present study since it was previously shown as the most accurate screening tool for detecting malnutrition risk in Turkish children 15. In previous studies,10,19 the PNST tool was suggested as a sensitive, valid, and simpler alternative to existing screening tools such as STAMP, STRONGkids, and PYMS, and its routine use has been recommended for early detection of nutritional risk in inpatients in tertiary pediatric hospitals 19.…”

“…Moreover, PYMS was used as a comparison tool in the present study since it was previously shown as the most accurate screening tool for detecting malnutrition risk in Turkish children. 15 In previous studies, 10,19 the PNST tool was suggested as a sensitive, valid, and simpler alternative to existing screening tools such as STAMP, STRONGkids, and PYMS, and its routine use has been recommended for early detection of nutritional risk in inpatients in tertiary pediatric hospitals. 19 However, the sensitivity of PNST (52.1%), using the original cutoffs, was lower than that of PYMS (85.2%) when compared with WHO malnutrition criteria in the current study.…”

“…9 However, no universal recommended tool for pediatric patients exists. 5,8 Since the PYMS tool identified malnutrition risk in Turkish children more appropriately than the STAMP and STRONGkids tools, 15 PYMS was compared with PNST in this study. To our knowledge, this is the first study aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of PNST and PYMS in evaluating the nutritional status of Turkish pediatric inpatients.…”