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Assessment of Nutritional Status among Hemodialysis Patients by Three Different Tools.

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Last updated: 20 Jan 2025

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Nutrition epidemiology and health promotion

Abstract

Multiple factors contribute to the increased risk of malnutrition among patients on hemodialysis, which may lead to poor clinical outcomes and increased risk of morbidity and mortality. The objective was to assess the nutritional status among hemodialysis patients using different nutritional assessment tools and to assess their agreement. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 125 patients on hemodialysis at Zagazig university hospital, in Egypt. Nutritional assessment tools included the Subjective Global Assessment (SGA), Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), and Malnutrition Inflammation Score (MIS). Nutritional assessment was done by the three tools. Results: The average age was 48.02±13.15 years and 49.6% of the patients were males. The average body mass index was 23.12±3.98 kg/m2. The main reasons for hemodialysis were hypertension (40.0%) and diabetes mellitus (17.6%). Based on SGA, MNA, and MIS tools, 20.8%, 18.4%, and 20% were severely unnourished, respectively. Additionally, 47.2%, 48.0%, and 46.4% had mild to moderate malnutrition. There was statistically significant agreement among different methods (P<0. 0001). The kappa values further support this good agreement. Agreement between SGA and MNA was strong (κ=0.936, p<0.001). Agreement between SGA and MIS was very strong (κ=0.962, p<0.001). Agreement between MNA and MIS was also strong (κ=0.898, p<0.001). Conclusions: Malnutrition is very prevalent among hemodialysis patients using three different methods of nutritional assessment, affecting more than 65% of them, including about 20% severe malnutrition. The strong agreement between the three tools suggests that they can be used interchangeably.

DOI

10.21608/ejcm.2024.288091.1298

Keywords

Key Words: hemodialysis, Malnutrition, Nutritional assessment, tools, Agreement

Authors

First Name

Fatima

Last Name

Taha

MiddleName

Al Taher

Affiliation

Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

Email

fatima.tahir21@gmail.com

City

Zagazig

Orcid

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First Name

Nahla

Last Name

Zaitoun

MiddleName

Ashraf

Affiliation

Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

Email

nahla_zaitoun@hotmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Lamiaa

Last Name

Elhawy

MiddleName

Lotfy

Affiliation

Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

Email

lamiaa102elhawy@yahoo.com

City

zagazig

Orcid

0000-0002-4464-1526

First Name

Islam

Last Name

Elsayed

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

Email

ismlamali4881@gmail.com

City

Zagazig

Orcid

-

First Name

Usama

Last Name

Ragab

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

Email

usama.ragab.zu@gmail.com

City

Zagazig

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

El Maghawry

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt

Email

mohamedelmaghawry1987@gmail.com

City

Zagazig

Orcid

0009-0005-4816-1350

Volume

43

Article Issue

1

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52938

Issue Date

2025-01-01

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2024-05-08

Publish Date

2025-01-01

Page Start

20

Page End

29

Print ISSN

1110-1865

Online ISSN

2090-2611

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368,566

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234

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Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine

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https://ejcm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Assessment of Nutritional Status among Hemodialysis Patients by Three Different Tools.

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20 Jan 2025