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Can the Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS-2002) predict unfavorable clinical outcome in hospitalized elderly patients?

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Abstract

Background

The prevalence of malnutrition in hospitalized elderly patients (HEP) is high.

Objective

To investigate the behavior of several nutritional indicators and predictors of unfavorable clinical outcome.

Methods

Retrospective study with hospitalized elderly patients (N = 322). Nutritional instruments, indicators and outcome were investigated. Chi-square, Fisher and Mann–Whitney tests and univariate and multiple logistic regression analysis were used.

Results

The variables that, jointly, were associated with hospital stay longer than 7 days, include: the presence of complications (p = 0.0328; OR 1.946; IC95% 1.056; 3.585) and nutritional risk according to the NRS-2002 (p = 0.0016; OR 2.080; IC95% 1.322; 3.275). The variable that remained associated with complications in the multiple model was the nutritional risk according to the NRS-2002 (p = 0.0018; OR 2.587; IC95% 1.423; 4.703).

Conclusion

Nutritional risk using the NRS-2002 is a predictor of clinical outcome in hospitalized elderly patients.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the patients who participated in the study and to the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, SP-Brazil.

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  1. Scientific Initiation Scholarship CNPq, School of Medicine, Puc-Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil

    Heitor Aidar Vicente dos Santos

  2. Center for Life Sciences, Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUC Campinas), Av. John Boyd Dunlop, s/n-Jardim Ipaussurama, Campinas, SP, 13034-685, Brazil

    Vânia Aparecida Leandro-Merhi

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dos Santos, H.A.V., Leandro-Merhi, V.A. Can the Nutritional Risk Screening (NRS-2002) predict unfavorable clinical outcome in hospitalized elderly patients?. Aging Clin Exp Res 34, 1165–1169 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-021-02032-5

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