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2012

Malnutrition

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Nutrition Care Practices In Hospital Wards: Results From The Nutrition Care Day Survey 2010, Ekta Agarwal, Maree Ferguson, Merrilyn Banks, Marijka J. Batterham, Judith Bauer, Sandra Capra, Elizabeth Isenring Nov 2012

Nutrition Care Practices In Hospital Wards: Results From The Nutrition Care Day Survey 2010, Ekta Agarwal, Maree Ferguson, Merrilyn Banks, Marijka J. Batterham, Judith Bauer, Sandra Capra, Elizabeth Isenring

Liz Isenring

Background & aim

This paper describes nutrition care practices in acute care hospitals across Australia and New Zealand.

Methods

A survey on nutrition care practices in Australian and New Zealand hospitals was completed by Directors of dietetics departments of 56 hospitals that participated in the Australasian Nutrition Care Day Survey 2010.

Results

Overall 370 wards representing various specialities participated in the study. Nutrition risk screening was conducted in 64% (n = 234) of the wards. Seventy nine percent (n = 185) of these wards reported using the Malnutrition Screening Tool, 16% using the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (n = 37), …

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Rehabilitation Inpatients Are Not Meeting Their Energy And Protein Needs, K. Walton, P. G. Williams, Linda C. Tapsell, M. Batterham Nov 2012

Rehabilitation Inpatients Are Not Meeting Their Energy And Protein Needs, K. Walton, P. G. Williams, Linda C. Tapsell, M. Batterham

Dr Marijka Batterham

Background & aims: This study aimed to determine the amounts of energy and protein required, ordered and consumed daily by long stay rehabilitation inpatients. Methods: A quantitative, weighed plate waste study. Thirty inpatients (16 females, 14 males; mean age 79.2 years; mean length of stay 52 days) from three rehabilitation hospitals in the Illawarra region of Australia. Data were collected over two days, including nutrition assessment details and weighed plate waste. Daily energy and protein requirements, amounts ordered and consumed were the outcome measures. Statistical analyses included paired t-tests, Wilcoxon Signed Rank tests and Spearman correlations. Results: Although adequate amounts …

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Rehabilitation Inpatients Are Not Meeting Their Energy And Protein Needs, K. Walton, P. G. Williams, Linda C. Tapsell, M. Batterham Jul 2012

Rehabilitation Inpatients Are Not Meeting Their Energy And Protein Needs, K. Walton, P. G. Williams, Linda C. Tapsell, M. Batterham

L. C. Tapsell

Background & aims: This study aimed to determine the amounts of energy and protein required, ordered and consumed daily by long stay rehabilitation inpatients. Methods: A quantitative, weighed plate waste study. Thirty inpatients (16 females, 14 males; mean age 79.2 years; mean length of stay 52 days) from three rehabilitation hospitals in the Illawarra region of Australia. Data were collected over two days, including nutrition assessment details and weighed plate waste. Daily energy and protein requirements, amounts ordered and consumed were the outcome measures. Statistical analyses included paired t-tests, Wilcoxon Signed Rank tests and Spearman correlations. Results: Although adequate amounts …

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