Association between oral nutritional supplementation and clinical and nutritional outcomes in the management of hospital malnutrition

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira dos Santos, Ayla Nauane
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Silva, Kamila Luana do Nascimento, Santos, Vinícius Eponina dos, Santos, Ranna Adrielle Lima, Rocha, Vivianne de Sousa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng; por
• Título da fonte: Revista Ciências em Saúde
• Texto Completo: https://portalrcs.hcitajuba.org.br/index.php/rcsfmit_zero/article/view/1147
• topic: dietary supplements; malnutrition; nutritional status; desnutrição; estado nutricional; suplementos nutricionais

Objective: To evaluate the association between oral nutritional supplementation and clinical and nutritional outcomes in the management of hospital malnutrition. Methods: This is a longitudinal observational study conducted by collecting electronic medical records of patients admitted to a university hospital between 2019 and 2020. Malnourished adult and elderly patients, who have been eating exclusively orally and using a nutritional supplement, were included.Sociodemographic, clinical, biochemical, nutritional risk, nutritional assessment, acceptance of nutritional prescription and characteristics of the nutritional supplement used were analyzed. An α = 5% was considered. Results: Forty patients were evaluated, most of them elderly and male. Among the oral nutritional supplements, the high-calorie and high-protein types were more prevalent, with an offer twice a day, average use of 39 days, and total acceptance of the nutritional prescription by only 30% of the patients. This nutritional intervention resulted in a slight improvement in anthropometric data, with no significant difference. Conclusion: Using the oral nutritional supplement for a longer period and better adherence would possibly present greater nutritional benefits to patients.