Nutritional screening of selected patients admitted in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Vadodara

Abstract

Nutritional screening is an important factor for evaluation of patient nutritional status, especially whether or not they are at risk of undernutrition. One such tool is the Subjective Global Nutrition Assessment scale (SGA) which is a validated, widely and simple tool that assess nutritional status based on features of the history and physical examination and can be used in acute, rehab, community, and residential aged care settings. SGA is a tool that helps to identify whether or not malnutrition is present. Malnutrition has a negative impact on quality of life that requires it to be identified first and foremost. An early screening of nutritional status will be proven useful for taking an early interventional action towards it. The present study aims to screen the nutritional status of 150 patients of a tertiary care hospital in rural Vadodara.