Nutritional Status of Hospitalized Stroke Patients: Assessment by Body Mass Index and Subjective Global Assessment Method
Abstract: Stroke is a disease
with a high mortality rate and common cause of disability. Nutritional factors
are strongly associated with this disease. Malnutrition in hospitalized
patients increases the incidence of complications, prolonged the length of stay
and also the cost of hospitalization. Furthermore, nutritional status of stroke
patients can deteriorate during hospitalization. The prevalence of malnutrition
in hospitalized stroke patients is about 6% to 62%. The objective of this study
was to identify the nutritional status
of hospitalized stroke patient.
Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Population of the
study was hospitalized stroke patients at Neurology Ward, Kemuning Building Dr.
Hasan Sadikin General Hospital Bandung, Indonesia from August until October
2014 who meet the inclusion criteria. Nutritional status was measured
objectively using Body Mass Index (BMI) and subjectively using Subjective
Global Assessment (SGA) method. The collected data were processed using frequency tabulation and percentage.
Results: Twenty six hospitalized stroke patients were included in this
study. The hospitalized patients with normal BMI were about 12 people (46.15%),
8 people were overweight (30.77%), 4 people were undernourished (15.39%) and 2
people (7.69%) were obese. According to SGA measurement, approximately 18
people (69.22%) were moderately malnourished, and as much as 4 people (15.39%)
were in good nutrition, whereas 4 people (15.39%) were severely malnourished.
Conclusions: Majority of the hospitalized stroke patients has normal BMI
and moderately malnourished based on SGA.
Keyword: Body Mass Index,
nutritional status, stroke, Subjective Global Assessment
Author: Gloria Kartika, Lisda
Amalia, Gaga Irawan Nugraha
Journal Code: jpkedokterangg170131
