@Article{Sierżantowicz2015,
journal="Medical Studies/Studia Medyczne",
issn="1899-1874",
volume="31",
number="3",
year="2015",
title="Prevalence nutritional disorders among patients hospitalised for stroke and discopathy in the neurology department",
abstract=" Introduction:   Nutritional disorders pose a huge health problem worldwide. In Poland, symptoms of malnutrition are found on admission to hospital in approximately 30% of patients. Among neurological disorders that predispose to malnutrition, brain injuries are the most frequent. The disease leads to difficulties with self-care, disorientation, reduced intellectual capacity, and dysphagia. Acute spinal pain syndromes affect weight loss because of persistent severe pain, and frequent dizziness and headaches accompanying cervical discopathy.   Aim of the research:   To assess the degree of malnutrition in patients with stroke and discopathy hospitalised in the neurology ward.   Material and methods : The study group consisted of 141 patients, including 90 with stroke and 51 with discopathy, hospitalised in the neurology ward. Research material was collected based on medical records and a proprietary questionnaire. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated and assessed for each patient on admission and after hospitalisation.   Results and conclusions:   The study sample consisted of a similar group of women (49%) and men (51%) aged from 30 to over 70 years. Ischaemic stroke was diagnosed more often in women (66.2%), whereas discopathy was more common in men (43.4%). The differences in BMI present on admission and after hospitalisation in men and women indicated a falling tendency. A slightly greater drop in BMI was found in women after hospital stay (from 24.1 to 23.3 kg/m 2 ). The lowest BMI on admission was observed in students and pensioners. Long-term hospitalisation significantly affected weight reduction – the longer the patients were hospitalised, the lower their BMI was. Preliminary assessment of the nutrition status on admission to a hospital ward and customising individual diets may help reduce the effects of malnutrition.",
author="Sierżantowicz, Regina
and Jakimiuk, Lucyna
and Lewko, Jolanta
and Stępień, Renata
and Trochimowicz, Lech
and Zimnoch, Ryszard",
pages="187--193",
doi="10.5114/ms.2015.54758",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ms.2015.54758"
}