@article{Nemetz_Bastos Domingues_Gregianin_da Cruz_2021, title={Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment: Applicability in children and adolescents with malignant tumors}, volume={41}, url={https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/105108}, abstractNote={<p>Introduction: This study investigated the applicability of the Subjective Global Nutritional<br />Assessment (SGNA) tool to evaluate the nutritional status of pediatric cancer patients.<br />Methods: This was a multicenter, observational cohort study of infants, children,<br />and adolescents diagnosed with malignant tumors. Participants were evaluated at the<br />moment they were diagnosed with a malignant tumor (EV1) and at the third month<br />of treatment (EV2). Objective data were collected and the SGNA questionnaire was<br />applied. Correlation between the methods was performed using the Kendall test.<br />Results: We evaluated 216 patients at EV1 and 172 patients at EV2. During EV1,<br />7% of patients presented with some degree of malnutrition, according to objective<br />measures, and 35.7% according to the SGNA. During EV2, they presented 6.4% and<br />26.8%, respectively. The SGNA showed ability to diagnose more malnutrition than<br />objective indicators and the agreement found between both methods was moderate<br />and weak. We observed a significant correlation between the SGNA and the nutritional<br />indicators (p = <0.002), thus proving its efficacy in assessing nutritional status.<br />Conclusion: The SGNA was applicable for evaluating the nutritional status of children<br />and adolescents diagnosed with malignant tumors, and effective in tracking malnutrition<br />prevalence when compared to objective nutritional assessment methods.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Clinical and Biomedical Research}, author={Nemetz, Kellen Benites and Bastos Domingues, Laura de Carvalho and Gregianin, Lauro José and da Cruz, Luciane Beitler}, year={2021}, month={out.} }