Subjective Global Assesment is an Efficent and Easily Taught Method to Assess Nutritional Status

Karakaya, K Hanci, V Emre, AU Uçan, HB Gültekin, FA Çakmak, GK Tasçilar, O Irkorucu, O irkorucu, Oktay Comert, M Özkoçak, I

HASEKI TIP BULTENI-MEDICAL BULLETIN OF HASEKI , Volume/Issue: 47 ,Pages: 171 - 174 ,2009

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Malnutition in hospitalized patients is a major problem that is frequently underdiagonised. The purpose of this study is to determine whether fourth-year medical students can be taught to perform a nutritional Subjective Global Assesment (SGA). In this study, Fourth-year medical students who have not given any didactic lession on nutritional assesment, were given a didactic session and a bedside demonstration of the SGA. Subsequently, they performed an SGA on unknown patients on the General surgery wards. Similarly, clinical nurses and a physician also performed in SGA on the same patients, independently. Patients were classified into one of the three categories. A well nourished, B: moderately malnourished. C severely malnourished. The assesment performed by students and clinical nurses were compared with the assesments on the physician.,Medical students correctly identified nutritional assesment of this patients. The degree of agreement with the physician was good(k=0, 80),With a short course of nutritional assesment. fourth-year medical students can be taught the SGA. Clinical nurses need educational programmers to update their knowledge.

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    Turkish

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    Subjective Global Assesment nutritional assesment medical students mainutition