ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Development and Validation of a New Screening Tool with Non-Invasive Indicators for Assessment of Malnutrition Risk in Hospitalised Children.
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- Development and Validation of Non-Invasive Machine-Learning Screening Models for Pediatric Malnutrition in Hospitalized Children: A Single-Center Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Nutritional Screening and Assessment in Different Populations.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Promoting application of enhanced recovery after surgery protocols during perioperative localized abdominal and thoracic neuroblastomas.Pediatric surgery international · 2024Article
- The Validity of the Original and the Saudi-Modified Screening Tools for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Pediatrics: A Cross-Sectional Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
There is no evidence of the most effective nutritional screening tool for hospitalized children. The present study aimed to develop a quick, simple, and valid screening tool for identifying malnutrition risk of hospital admission with non-invasive indicators. A cross-sectional study was conducted. Children`s nutritional baseline using a questionnaire, subjective malnutritional risk, and Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment were assessed on admission. Concurrent validity was assessed using American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics assessment and Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment tool. A new screening tool Simple Pediatric Nutritional risk Screening tool (SPENS) was developed, and sensitivity, specificity and reliability were evaluated. A total of 180 children aged from 1 month to 18 years were included (142 in the development phase and 38 in the validation phase). SPENS consist of four variables and shows almost perfect agreement with subjective malnutritional risk assessment (κ = 0.837) with high sensitivity and specificity (93.3% and 91.3% respectively). Compared with Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment and ASPEN and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics assessment, SPENS had sensitivity 92.9% and 86.7%, a specificity of 87.5% and 87.0%, and an overall agreement of 0.78 and 0.728, respectively. Due to the fast, simple, easy, and practical to use, screening the SPENS can be performed by nurses, physicians, and dieticians.
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