Cribado nutricional en pacientes inmovilizados del Servicio de Atención Domiciliaria de una zona básica de salud del área de Salud de Gran Canaria

undernourishment is a serious problem with important social, sanitary and economical consequences. concerning immobilised patients, ulcers caused by pressure are the most frequent and they represent a silent epidemic which in most cases is not necessarily unavoidable because a correct nutrition screening plays a decisive role in preventing it. the alarming lack of nutrition, 50%, in a survey of 62 patients who were observed in out-patient clinics (centros de salud) underline the necessity of an early diagnosis so as to activate prevention and therapeutical measures to improve the patients' well-being, thereby reducing possible associated pathologies and subsequential hospitalization.