Malnutrition Status and its Associated Factors Among Pre-operative Surgical Patients in Public Hospital

Hassan Ashaari, Nurul 'Aqilah (2020) Malnutrition Status and its Associated Factors Among Pre-operative Surgical Patients in Public Hospital. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Malnutrition in pre-operative surgical patients is associated with adverse outcomes which. This study aims to determine the malnutrition status and its factors associated including sociodemographic factors, nutritional status (anthropometry measurements, biochemical data and 24-hour diet recall) and medical history among pre-operative surgical patients. This was a cross-sectional study involving 39 elective general and gynaecology surgical patients. Socio-demographic background was obtained through an interviewed questionnaire. Medical history was taken from medical record of the patients. Diet history was taken through interview of 24-hour diet recall while malnutrition status was assessed using PG-SGA grading scores. The prevalence of malnutrition status was 20.5% while 74.4% of pre-operative surgical patients were found to be well-nourished. A total of 39 patients with mean age of 46.03 ± 16.77 years participated in this study. It was found that age (r=0.517, p=0.001**), medical history (p=0.004**), dietary intake; energy and protein intake (r=-0.531, p=0.001**; r=-0.371, p=0.019**) were associated with malnutrition status among pre-operative surgical patients. Number of patients who are malnourished are relatively low especially patients who are well-nourished, however early identification of patients who are at risk of malnutrition should be monitored and do proper intervention to prevent post-operative complications.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2023 08:10
Last Modified:	21 Aug 2023 08:10
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/850

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