PD1012 - SCREENING THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PATIENTS APPLYING TO THE POLYCLINIC USING DIFFERENT SCALES AND EVALUATING ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH PATIENT FRAILTY

PD1012

SCREENING THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PATIENTS APPLYING TO THE POLYCLINIC USING DIFFERENT SCALES AND EVALUATING ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH PATIENT FRAILTY

E. Aras-Atik^1,*, H. D. Küçük¹, R. A. Uğan², P. Tosun-Taşar³

¹Clinical Pharmacy, ²Pharmacology, Atatürk University, Faculty of Pharmacy, ³Internal Medicine,Division of Geriatrics, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Türkiye

Rationale: Identifying potential nutritional deficiencies in patients is crucial for managing nutrition-related health problems.

Methods: This study included individuals aged ≥60 years who presented to the Geriatric Outpatient Clinic between November 2024 and March 2025.Three different screening tools were used to assess the nutritional status of the patients: Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form (MNA-SF), the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), and he Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI).The frailty of the patients was assessed using the FRAIL scale.

Results: Of the 52 patients included in the study, 55.8% (n=29) were female.According to the MUST scale, 84.6% (n=44) of the patients were not at risk of malnutrition, while 11.5% (n=6) were in the "moderate risk" category.According to MNA-SF, 17.3% (n=9) of the patients were in the "normal nutritional status" category and 67.3% (n=35) were in the "risk of malnutrition" category.According to GNRI, 86.5% (n=45) of patients had no risk of malnutrition, while 9.6% (n=5) had "low risk" and 3.8% (n=2) had "moderate risk".A moderately significant negative correlation was found between FRAIL and MNA-SF and GNRI scores (p<0.001 and p=0.004, respectively), but no significant correlation was found with MUST (p>0.05). In addition, MNA-SF scores showed a significant difference according to gender (p<0.008): the average score for men was 1.44 units higher than the average score for women.While a moderately significant negative correlation was observed between age and GNRI (p=0.029), no significant correlation was found with MNA-SF and MUST (p>0.05).

Conclusion: This study revealed that varying results can be obtained using different measurement tools, and it is suggested that evaluating patients' nutritional status using multiple scales during routine follow-ups may be beneficial.

Disclosure of Interest: None declared