Publications by authors named "Cathryn Nattrass"
Can J Diet Pract Res
June 2019
Article Synopsis
- The study analyzed nutrition assessment reports from 13 Canadian hospitals to evaluate dietitian use of the Nutrition Care Process Terminology (NCPT) for diagnosing malnutrition using the Subjective Global Assessment (SGA).
- About 92% of the 932 reports examined included an SGA, showing that 53.4% of patients had mild to moderate malnutrition and 10% were severely malnourished, with the predominant NCPT diagnoses being "malnutrition," "inadequate oral intake," and "inadequate protein-energy intake."
- The findings highlight the crucial role of dietitians in addressing malnutrition in hospitalized patients and suggest that improved documentation, ongoing staff training, and research on barriers to using the malnutrition diagnosis can
