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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• White, Melinda
• Dennis, Nicole
• Ramsey, Rebecca
• Barwick, Katie
• Graham, Christie
• Kane, Sarah
• Kepreotes, Helen
• Queit, Leah
• Sweeney, Annabel
• Winderlich, Jacinta
• Wong See, Denise
• Littlewood, Robyn

Titel

Prevalence of malnutrition, obesity and nutritional risk of A ustralian paediatric inpatients: A national one‐day snapshot

Ist Teil von

• Journal of paediatrics and child health, 2015-03, Vol.51 (3), p.314-320

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

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Wiley Online Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Aim Low prevalence rates of malnutrition at 2.5% to 4% have previously been reported in two tertiary paediatric A ustralian hospitals. The current study is the first to measure the prevalence of malnutrition, obesity and nutritional risk of paediatric inpatients in multiple hospitals throughout A ustralia. Methods Malnutrition, obesity and nutritional risk prevalence were investigated in 832 and 570 paediatric inpatients, respectively, in eight tertiary paediatric hospitals and eight regional hospitals across A ustralia on a single day. Malnutrition and obesity prevalence was determined using z ‐scores and body mass index ( BMI ) percentiles. High nutritional risk was determined as a P aediatric Y orkhill M alnutrition S core of 2 or more. Results The prevalence rates of malnourished, wasted, stunted, overweight and obese paediatric patients were 15%, 13.8%, 11.9%, 8.8% and 9.9%, respectively. Patients who identified as A boriginal and T orres S trait I slander were more likely to have lower height‐for‐age z ‐scores ( P < 0.01); however, BMI and weight‐for‐age z ‐scores were not significantly different. Children who were younger, from regional hospitals or with a primary diagnosis of cardiac disease or cystic fibrosis had significantly lower anthropometric z ‐scores ( P = 0.05). Forty‐four per cent of patients were identified as at high nutritional risk and requiring further nutritional assessment. Conclusions The prevalence of malnutrition and nutritional risk of A ustralian paediatric inpatients on a given day was much higher when compared with the healthy population. In contrast, the proportion of overweight and obese patients was less.