Abstract :
Abstract Background and objective: This study was conducted to validate the MUST tool among acutely ill elderly patients while using PG-SGA as a reference. Methods and Study Design: One hundred and twenty patients were selected for this research, and all were above 50 years of age. MUST score, PG-SGA score, Weight loss >5% in last 3-6 months, hand grip strength, TSF thickness, MUAC, and MAMC were determined. For the validation of MUST in contrast to PG-SGA, sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were scored. Results: MUST score when compared with PG-SGA score gives the sensitivity of 38.46% and specificity of 100%. Whereas, the positive and negative predictive values were 100% and 4%, respectively. Conclusion: This research concludes that the MUST is a reliable tool to screen the malnourished patients rather than PG-SGA. Significant weight loss can also be used as a valid predictor as compared to MUST, for predicting malnutrition. However, this requires further research to verify since a single tool is easier to use than an instrument consisting of two or more components.
Keyword :
Keywords: PG-SGA, EQ-5D, hospital length of stay, weight loss, anthropometric measures.