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Self-reported body weight and height on admission to hospital : a reliable method in multi-professional evidence-based nutritional care?
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Author
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Abstract
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| Screening patients' nutritional status on admission to hospital is recommended by evidence-based guidelines on malnutrition. In practice, self-reported values for body weight and height are often used by nurses and dieticians. This study assessed the accuracy of self-reported body weight and height and whether these self-reported values might be influenced by the nature of the health-care worker involved. Patients (n?=?611) on admission reported their body weight and height to a nurse and a dietician. Reported values were analysed and compared with the measured values. Self-reported values for body weight and height on admission are not always accurate. Patients do report different values to different health-care workers. Self-reported values for body weight to nurses were more accurate as compared with dieticians. Self-reported values for body weight and height are subject to observer bias and should be used with caution in nutritional screening and multi-professional nutritional care. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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International journal of nursing practice. - Oxford
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Publication
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Oxford
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2012
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ISSN
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1322-7114
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Volume/pages
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18
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(2012)
, p. 509-517
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ISI
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000309185800012
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
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