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Atika Khalaf, Vanja Berggren, Hazzaa Al-Hazzaa, Staffan Bergström, Albert Westergren
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Background:
Undernutrition is a problem in institutional care, where 20–46% of all inpatients are classified as being “at nutritional risk”. This study explores the prevalence of undernutrition risk and overweight/obesity and the targeting of nutritional care in relation to undernutrition risk among inpatients in southwestern Saudi Arabia.
Methods:
A cross-sectional, point prevalence study was carried out in a Central hospital in southwestern Saudi Arabia. The subjects were inpatients, over the age of 18 who had their nutritional status assessed. Moderate/high undernutrition risk was defined as the occurrence of at least two of: weight loss, low BMI, and/or eating difficulties. Overweight/obesity was graded by using Caucasian and Asian cut-offs for BMI.
Results:
Out of 219 patients 166 (76%) agreed to participate (106 men and 60 women) with a significantly higher drop-out among women (n=35, 37% vs. men n=18, 14%). There was no significant difference in the prevalence of moderate/high undernutrition risk between men and women (40% vs. 38%) but more women (29% or 40%, depending on cut-off) than men (10% or 23%) were obese. Among patients at moderate/high undernutrition risk, more women (61%) than men (31%) were served small portions.
Conclusions:
There is a need to increase awareness about nutrition among nurses, to implement nutritional guidelines and to do more research regarding overweight/obesity among the female population. Motivational strategie need to be developed to focus on increasing the Saudi female participation in research.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 104 |
Journal | Journal of Nutritional Disorders & Therapy |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 |
Research output: Types of Thesis › Doctoral Thesis