Poor performance of mandatory nutritional screening of in-hospital patients

Nina Rica Wium Geiker; Sisse Marie Hørup Larsen; Steen Stender; Arne Astrup

doi:10.1016/j.clnu.2012.03.006

Poor performance of mandatory nutritional screening of in-hospital patients

Nina Rica Wium Geiker, Sisse Marie Hørup Larsen, Steen Stender, Arne Astrup

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Abstract

Since 2006 it has been mandatory at Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte to screen all patients for nutritional risk within 24 h of admittance. Audits conducted by department staff estimate that 70-80% of assessments are correctly executed, but the validity of this estimate is unknown. The aim of the present study was to discover the true proportion of hospitalized patients receiving nutritional risk screening within the stipulated time limit and to evaluate the validity of the screening by comparison with medical records.

Original language	English
Journal	Clinical Nutrition
Volume	31
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	862-7
Number of pages	6
ISSN	0261-5614
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2012.03.006
Publication status	Published - Dec 2012

Keywords

Aged
Female
Guideline Adherence
Hospitalization
Humans
Inpatients
Length of Stay
Male
Malnutrition
Mandatory Testing
Medical Audit
Nutrition Assessment
Nutritional Status
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors

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Poor performance of mandatory nutritional screening of in-hospital patients

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