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The Validity of the Original and the Saudi-Modified Screening Tools for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Pediatrics:

Sheikha Alqahtani1,2, Khalid Aldubayan1, Saleh Alshehri3

  • 1Department of Community Health Sciences, Collage of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)
|October 25, 2024
PubMed

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A modified Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Pediatrics (STAMP) effectively identifies more hospitalized children at risk of malnutrition. This Saudi-modified STAMP shows higher sensitivity for pediatric malnutrition screening.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Nutrition
  • Clinical Assessment Tools
  • Healthcare in Saudi Arabia

Background:

  • Malnutrition screening is crucial for hospitalized children.
  • The Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Pediatrics (STAMP) is a validated tool.
  • Adaptation of STAMP for the Saudi context was investigated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To modify the STAMP for Saudi pediatric patients.
  • To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the original and modified STAMP.
  • To compare the effectiveness of both tools in identifying malnutrition risk.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional study involving 307 hospitalized children.
  • Application of both the original and Saudi-modified STAMP.
  • Statistical analysis of anthropometric measurements and validity parameters using SPSS.

Main Results:

  • The Saudi-modified STAMP identified 91.6% of children at high risk, versus 62.9% with the original STAMP.
  • The modified tool demonstrated 94.3% sensitivity and 13.2% specificity.
  • The Saudi-modified STAMP showed improved identification of malnutrition risk compared to the original.

Conclusions:

  • The Saudi-modified STAMP exhibits excellent sensitivity for malnutrition screening in hospitalized children.
  • The modified tool's effectiveness in the Saudi context suggests potential for improved pediatric malnutrition risk identification.
  • Further evaluation of the negative predictive value is warranted.

Keywords:
pediatric malnutritionscreening toolsvalidation

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