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Malnutrition assessment methods in adult patients with tuberculosis: a systematic review.
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- Rehabilitation for individuals with post-tuberculosis lung disease.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2026Review
- Impact of Nutritional Counselling and Support on Body Mass Index Recovery and Treatment Outcomes Among Tuberculosis Patients in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Article
- Mortality and loss to follow-up among Tuberculosis patients on treatment in Meru County, Kenya: a retrospective cohort study.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- The prevalence of undernutrition and associated risk factors in people with tuberculosis in Lao People's Democratic Republic.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Cachexia in tuberculosis in South-East Asian and African regions: knowledge gaps and untapped opportunities.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Review
- The Vicious Cycle of Malnutrition and Tuberculosis: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical practice and research · 2024Review
- Explainable deep-neural-network supported scheme for tuberculosis detection from chest radiographs.BMC medical imaging · 2024Article
- Prevalence and prognostic significance of malnutrition risk in patients with tuberculous meningitis.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Undernutrition and its predictors among tuberculosis patients in Southwest Ethiopia.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Clinical standards for drug-susceptible pulmonary TB.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2022Article
- Prevalence and prognostic significance of malnutrition risk in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: A hospital-based cohort study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Analysis on the Risk Factors of Malnutrition in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Infection and drug resistance · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesMalnutrition is associated with a twofold higher risk of dying in patients with tuberculosis (TB) and considered an important potentially reversible risk factor for failure of TB treatment. The construct of malnutrition has three domains: intake or uptake of nutrition; body composition and physical and cognitive function. The objectives of this systematic review are to identify malnutrition assessment methods, and to quantify how malnutrition assessment methods capture the international consensus definition for malnutrition, in patients with TB.
designDifferent assessment methods were identified. We determined the extent of capturing of the three domains of malnutrition, that is, intake or uptake of nutrition, body composition and physical and cognitive function.
resultsSeventeen malnutrition assessment methods were identified in 69 included studies. In 53/69 (77%) of studies, body mass index was used as the only malnutrition assessment method. Three out of 69 studies (4%) used a method that captured all three domains of malnutrition.
conclusionsOur study focused on published articles. Implementation of new criteria takes time, which may take longer than the period covered by this review. Most patients with TB are assessed for only one aspect of the conceptual definition of malnutrition. The use of international consensus criteria is recommended to establish uniform diagnostics and treatment of malnutrition. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42019122832.
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