Critical review: nutritional screening tools for early detection of nutritional risk in hospitalized adults.

Abstract

Early nutritional screening; It is of utmost importance, since it will select patients with nutritional risk. The present secondary research titled as a critical review: “Nutritional Screening Tools for the Early Detection of Nutritional Risk in Hospitalized Adults” aimed to determine the appropriate nutritional screening tool for the early detection of nutritional risk in hospitalized adult patients. The clinical question was: What nutritional screening tool will be appropriate to use in the early detection of nutritional risk in hospitalized adults? The Evidence-Based Nutrition (NuBE) methodology was used. The information search was carried out in PUBMED, SCIELO, LILACS, SCIENCE DIINET, finding 46 articles, being selected 31 that have been evaluated by the CASPE critical reading tool, finally selecting the systematic review, titled as: “Review of different tools of Nutritional screening for hospitalized patients. Which has a level of evidence I and Grade of Recommendation I, according to the researcher's experience. The critical comment allowed us to conclude that there are different screening tools that will be used depending on their hospital context; In the case of most health institutions in Peru, the most used tool is the VGS.

Estudio de enfoque cuantitativo, no experimental, prospectivo y transversal, en una muestra de 118 estudiantes de la Facultad de Ingeniería de una universidad pública en Lima, Perú, encuestados en formato electrónico, previo consentimiento informado, en el mes de abril del 2022, se encontró que el grupo etario prevalente es de 21 a 25 años de edad. En cuanto a la frecuencia de consumo de alimentos recomendados encontramos que 22.88% (n=27) consume verduras 3 a 4 veces por semana; 22.88% (n=27) consume frutas 2 veces por semana; 20.34% (n=24) consume lácteos de 1 a 2 veces por semana y 23.73% (n=28) consume 4 vasos de agua al día. Con respecto a la frecuencia de consumo de alimentos no recomendados, tenemos que el 25.42% (n=28) consume 1 vez a la semana embutidos, 37.29% (n=44) consume comida rápida y golosina por lo menos 1 vez a la semana, así como el 32.20% (n=38) consume productos de pastelería 1 vez a la semana, 30.51% (n=36) consume bocaditos 1 vez por semana, 25.42% (n=30) consume 2 vasos de bebidas azucaradas. Con respecto a la frecuencia de consumo de las principales comidas, encontramos que solo el 57.63% (n=68) desayuna, 67.80% (n=80) almuerzan, 5593% (n=66) cenan.