Abstract:

Objective To investigate the application of Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS2002) in elderly orthopedics inpatients without severe diseases. Methods Nutritional risk screening was performed in 63 elderly orthopedics inpatients without severe diseases by NRS2002, Subjective Globe Assessment (SGA) and Body Composition Assessment (BCA). With Mini Nutrition Assessment (MNA) as criteria, the nutritional risk screening result, sensitivity, specificity and Kappa value of each evaluation method were assessed, and receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC) were drafted for calculation of areas under the curves. Results The sensitivity of NSR2002, BCA and SGA in nutrition risk screening was 26.09%, 86.96% and 43.45% respectively. Kappa values of NRS2002, SGA and BCA were 0.309, 0.494 and 0.554 respectively, and areas under the ROC were 0.630, 0.717 and 0.776 respectively. Conclusion The sensitivity of NSR2002 in nutrition risk screening in elderly orthopedics inpatients without severe diseases is relatively lower, and is not well consistent with MNA.

Key words: Nutritional Risk Screening 2002, nutrition risk screening, elderly patient, orthopedic disease, inpatient