Factors Associated with Malnutrition Among Paediatric Outpatients in HPUPM

Abdul Zahid, Intan Nurzahirah (2022) Factors Associated with Malnutrition Among Paediatric Outpatients in HPUPM. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Childhood malnutrition is one of the nutritional problems that occur mostly in low- and middle-income countries, and this issue is experienced by paediatric outpatients. Childhood malnutrition imposes various negative health impacts such as complications, longer hospital stays, and quality of life reduction. However, little is known about the association between factors with the risk of malnutrition among paediatric outpatients. Therefore, this study aims to determine the association between sociodemographic, medical background, dietary intake, breastfeeding practices and household environment with the risk of malnutrition among paediatric outpatients in Hospital Pengajar Universiti Putra Malaysia (HPUPM). This is a cross-sectional study that involved 66 paediatric outpatients in HPUPM. The pre-testing was sent to some of the paediatric outpatients attending HPUPM. Nutritional risk screening tools for children (STRONG kids) was used to identify the risk of malnutrition among the study population. This study used the self-administered questionnaire which consists of a few sections; sociodemographic, breastfeeding practices and household environment. Medical background was assessed using the HPUPM data system and dietary intake was obtained via 24-hour diet recall. The findings showed that the majority of the children were boys (56.1%) and Malays (92.4%). Majority of the children have not met a dietitian before (80.3%), and most of them were the follow-up cases from the paediatric outpatient department (60%). More than half of the children (53%) did not achieve the RNI recommendation of energy intake. While majority of the children (93.9%) achieved the RNI recommendation for protein intake. The mean value of the food security score was 0.29 ± 0.84. Most of the children have a low risk of malnutrition (80.3%), followed by medium risk of malnutrition (19.7%). There was no association between sociodemographic, dietary intake, breastfeeding practices, and household environment with risk of malnutrition. Meanwhile, dietitian intervention (X²= 7.164, p=0.007) was significantly associated with risk of malnutrition

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor
Date Deposited:	07 Aug 2023 00:59
Last Modified:	07 Aug 2023 00:59
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/963

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