%0 Journal Article
%T Nutritional Screening in a University Hospital: Comparison between Oncologic and Non-Oncologic Patients
%A Selma F. C. Cunha
%A Lidiane S. Tanaka
%A Roberta G. Salom£¿o
%A Danielle M. Macedo
%A Thatiane D. Santos
%A Fernanda M. Peria
%J Food and Nutrition Sciences
%P 75-82
%@ 2157-9458
%D 2015
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/fns.2015.61009
%X Background & Aims: We compared the screening nutritional data of patients with malignant and non-malignant disease, and classified their nutritional risk according to the primary tumor¡¯s site. Methods: Subjective Global Assessment was applied to 3008 patients within 48 h of admission to a public university. Subjects were divided into Oncologic Group (n = 576) or Non-Oncologic Group (n = 2432) according to the presence of neoplasms or other diseases respectively. These data were compared by the t-student test and classic chi-square test, with statistical significance set at p < 0.05. Results: The Oncologic Group presented a higher prevalence of weight loss (60.3% vs. 49.3%), quantitative (40.7% vs. 28.5%) and qualitative (16.4% vs. 7.6%) alterations in the food intake pattern, gastrointestinal symptoms and muscle waste (23.2% vs. 13.2%) as compared to the Non-Oncologic Group. Also, there was a higher prevalence of nutritional disturbances in the Oncologic Group, with 49.5% of the subjects moderately (or suspected to be malnourished) and 12.7% severely mal-nourished. Severe malnourishment was mainly observed in patients with head and neck (25%), upper digestive tract (21.9%) and soft tissue and bones (17.9%) tumors. Conclusion: When compared to other hospitalized patients, patients with neoplastic disease were in higher nutritional risk.
%K Nutritional Screening
%K Malnutrition
%K Subjective Global Assessment
%K Hospital Setting
%K Neoplasia
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53158