Admission handgrip strength predicts functional decline in hospitalized patients
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Olguín, Thiare
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Admission handgrip strength predicts functional decline in hospitalized patients
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© 2016 European Society for Clinical Nutrition and MetabolismProblem Up to 35% of hospitalized patients may experience functional decline during or after hospitalization. Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) and handgrip strength at admission, have been proposed as simple and accessible tools to predict functional decline, but there are few studies in hospitalized patients to confirm these findings. Objective To assess the predictive value of handgrip strength at hospital admission, on functional decline after 30 days. Methods 125 non-critical patients hospitalized for medical and surgical conditions, were studied in El Pino hospital in Santiago, Chile. Upon admission, nutritional status was assessed by SGA, functional status through the Karnofsky index (KI), and handgrip strength by dynamometry. Change in functionality was assessed by the difference between KI at admission and 30 days later. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to establish associations between the variable
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URI: https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/166994
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2016.12.001
ISSN: 24054577
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Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, Volumen 17,
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