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Haines KL, Ohnuma T, Grisel B, Krishnamoorthy V, Raghunathan K, Sulo S, Kerr KW, Besecker B, Cassady BA, Wischmeyer PE. Early enteral nutrition is associated with improved outcomes in critically ill mechanically ventilated medical and surgical patients. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2023; 57:311-317. [PMID: 37739674 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2023.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Data suggest that guidelines for enteral nutrition (EN) initiation are not closely followed in clinical practice. In addition, critically ill mechanically ventilated (MV) patients have varying metabolic needs, which often increase and persist over time, requiring personalized nutrition intervention. While both over- and under-nutrition can impact patient outcomes, recent data suggest that targeted early EN delivery may reduce mortality and improve clinical outcomes. This study examined if early EN improves clinical outcomes and decreases costs in critically ill patients on MV. METHODS Data from a nationwide administrative-financial database between 2018 and 2020 was utilized to identify eligible adult critical care patients. Patients who received EN within 3 days after intubation (early EN) were compared to patients who started EN after 3 days of intubation (late EN). Outcomes of interest included hospital mortality, discharge disposition, hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay (LOS), MV days, and total cost. After inverse-probability-of-treatment weighting, outcomes were modeled using a nominal logistic regression model for hospital mortality and discharge disposition, a linear regression model for cost, and Cox proportional-hazards model for MV days, hospital and ICU LOS. RESULTS A total of 27,887 adult patients with early MV were identified, of which 16,772 (60.1%) received early EN. Regression analyses showed that the early EN group had lower hospital mortality (OR = 0.88, 95% CI, 0.82 to 0.94), were more likely to be discharged home (OR = 1.47, 95% CI 1.38 to 1.56), had fewer MV days (HR = 1.23, 95% CI, 1.11 to 1.37), shorter hospital LOS (HR = 1.43, 95% CI, 1.33 to 1.54) and ICU LOS (HR = 1.36, 95% CI, 1.27 to 1.46), and lower cost (-$21,226; 95% CI, -$23,605 to -$18,848) compared to the late EN group. CONCLUSIONS Early EN within 3 days of MV initiation in real-world practice demonstrated improved clinical and economic outcomes. These data suggest that early EN is associated with decreased hospital mortality, increased discharge to home, and decreased hospital and ICU LOS, time on MV, and cost compared to delayed initiation of EN; highlighting the importance of early EN to optimize utcomes ando support the recovery of critically ill patients on MV.
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- Krista L Haines
- Division of Trauma and Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA; The Critical Care and Perioperative Epidemiologic Research (CAPER) Unit, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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- The Critical Care and Perioperative Epidemiologic Research (CAPER) Unit, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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- Division of Trauma and Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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- The Critical Care and Perioperative Epidemiologic Research (CAPER) Unit, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- The Critical Care and Perioperative Epidemiologic Research (CAPER) Unit, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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- The Critical Care and Perioperative Epidemiologic Research (CAPER) Unit, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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- Scientific and Medical Affairs, Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, OH, USA.
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- Scientific and Medical Affairs, Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, OH, USA.
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- Scientific and Medical Affairs, Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, OH, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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Rodríguez-Mañas L, Murray R, Glencorse C, Sulo S. Good nutrition across the lifespan is foundational for healthy aging and sustainable development. Front Nutr 2023; 9:1113060. [PMID: 36761990 PMCID: PMC9902887 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1113060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing across the age spectrum are essential to sustainable development. Nutrition is at the heart of the World Health Organization (WHO) Sustainable Development Goals, particularly for Sustainable Development Goal 2/Subgoal 2, which is to End all forms of malnutrition by 2030. This subgoal addresses people of all ages, including targeted groups like young children and older adults. In recent decades, there have been marked advances in the tools and methods used to screen for risk of malnutrition and to conduct nutritional assessments. There have also been innovations in nutritional interventions and outcome measures related to malnutrition. What has been less common is research on how nutritional interventions can impact healthy aging. Our Perspective article thus takes a life-course approach to consider what is needed to address risk of malnutrition and why, and to examine how good nutrition across the lifespan can contribute to healthy aging. We discuss broad-ranging yet interdependent ways to improve nutritional status worldwide-development of nutritional programs and policies, incorporation of the best nutrition-care tools and methods into practice, provision of professional training for quality nutritional care, and monitoring health and economic benefits of such changes. Taken together, our Perspective aims to (i) identify current challenges to meeting these ideals of nutritional care, and to (ii) discover enabling strategies for the improvement of nutrition care across the lifespan. In harmony with the WHO goal of sustainable development, we underscore roles of nutrition to foster healthy human development and healthy aging worldwide.
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- Leocadio Rodríguez-Mañas
- Service of Geriatrics, Getafe University Hospital and CIBER on Frailty and Healthy Aging (CIBERFES), Getafe, Spain,*Correspondence: Leocadio Rodríguez-Mañas,
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emeritus, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, United States
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Sulo S, Schwander B, Brunton C, Gomez G, Misas JD, Gracia DA, Chavarro-Carvajal DA, Venegas-Sanabria LC, Cano-Gutiérrez C. Nutrition-Focused Care for Community-Living Adults: Healthcare Utilization and Economic Benefits. Value Health Reg Issues 2022; 32:70-77. [PMID: 36099802 DOI: 10.1016/j.vhri.2022.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Revised: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We assessed the impact of a recently reported nutritional quality improvement program (QIP) on healthcare resource utilization and costs for older, community-living adults in Bogotá, Colombia. METHODS The study included 618 community-dwelling, older adults (> 60 years) who were at risk or malnourished and receiving outpatient clinical care. The intervention was a QIP that emphasized nutritional screening, dietary education, lifestyle counseling, 60-day consumption of oral nutritional supplements, and 90-day follow-up. For economic modeling, we performed 90-day budget impact and cost-effectiveness analyses from a Colombian third-party payer perspective. The base-case analysis quantified mean healthcare resource use in the QIP study population. Analysis was based on mean input values (deterministic) and distributions of input parameters (probabilistic). As the deterministic analysis provided a simple point estimate, the cost-effectiveness analysis focused on the probabilistic results informed by 1000 iterations of a Monte-Carlo simulation. RESULTS Results showed that the total use of healthcare resources over 90 days was significantly reduced by > 40% (hospitalizations were reduced by approximately 80%, emergency department visits by > 60%, and outpatient clinical visits by nearly 40%; P < .001). Based on economic modeling, total cost savings of $129 740 or per-patient cost savings of $210 over 90 days could be attributed to the use of nutritional QIP strategies. Total cost savings equated to nearly twice the initial investment for QIP intervention; that is, the per-dollar return on investment was $1.82. CONCLUSIONS For older adults living in the community in Colombia, the use of our nutritional QIP improved health outcomes while lowering costs of healthcare and was thus cost-effective.
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- Suela Sulo
- Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, USA.
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- Agency for Health Economic Assessment and Dissemination GmbH, Lörrach, Germany
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- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia; Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia
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Schuetz P, Sulo S, Walzer S, Krenberger S, Brunton C. Nutritional support during the hospital stay is cost-effective for preventing adverse outcomes in patients with cancer. Front Oncol 2022; 12:916073. [PMID: 36016618 PMCID: PMC9396738 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.916073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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ObjectiveAmong patients with cancer, malnutrition remains common and is a key challenge in oncology practice today. A prior study from our group revealed that malnourished cancer inpatients who got nutritional treatment (intervention group) had lower mortality and improved functional and quality of life outcomes compared to inpatients without nutritional support (control group). Our present analysis aimed to determine whether the improved patient recovery by nutritional support was paralleled by cost-effectiveness of this nutritional care.MethodsWe analyzed hospital costs and health outcomes in patients with cancer, using a Markov simulation model with daily cycles to analyze the economic impact of nutritional support in malnourished inpatients with malignancies. We compared results for a nutritional intervention group and a control group across a 30-day timeframe. Five health states were designated (malnourished but stable, complications, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, discharge, death). Costs for the different health states were based on publicly available data for the Swiss medical system. Total patient cost categories included in-hospital nutrition, days spent in the normal ward, days in the ICU, and medical complications.ResultsTotal per-patient costs for in-hospital supportive nutrition was Swiss francs (CHF) 129. Across a 30-day post-admission interval, our model determined average overall costs of care of CHF 46,420 per-patient in the intervention group versus CHF 43,711 in the control group—a difference of CHF 2,709 per patient. Modeled results showed a cost of CHF 1,788 to prevent one major complication, CHF 4,464 to prevent one day in the ICU, and CHF 3,345 to prevent one death. Recovery benefits of nutritional care were thus paralleled by cost-effectiveness of this care.ConclusionIn-hospital nutritional support for oncology patients at nutritional risk is a low-cost intervention that has both clinical and financial benefits.
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- Philipp Schuetz
- Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
- Medical Faculty, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- *Correspondence: Philipp Schuetz,
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- Abbott Nutrition, Global Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Chicago, IL, United States
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- MArS Market Access & Pricing Strategy GmbH, Weil am Rhein, Germany
- State University Baden-Wuerttemberg, Loerrach, Germany
- Social Work & Health Care, University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten, Weingarten, Germany
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- Abbott Nutrition, Global Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Chicago, IL, United States
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Clark RK, Stampas A, Kerr KW, Nelson JL, Sulo S, Leon‐Novelo L, Ngan E, Pandya D. Evaluating the impact of using a wound-specific oral nutritional supplement to support wound healing in a rehabilitation setting. Int Wound J 2022; 20:145-154. [PMID: 35684975 PMCID: PMC9797929 DOI: 10.1111/iwj.13849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Chronic wounds adversely affect patient quality of life, increase the risk of mortality, and impose high costs on healthcare systems. Since protein-energy malnutrition or specific nutrient deficiencies can delay wound healing, nutritionally focused care is a key strategy to help prevent or treat the occurrence of non-healing wounds. The objective of our study of inpatients in a rehabilitation hospital was to quantify the effect of daily wound-specific oral nutritional supplementation (WS-ONS) on healing chronic wounds. Using electronic medical records, we conducted a retrospective analysis of patients with chronic wounds. We identified records for (a) a treatment group who received standard wound care + usual hospital diet + daily WS-ONS for ≥14 days, and (b) a control group who received standard wound care + a usual hospital diet. We collected data for demographics, nutritional status, and wound-relevant health characteristics. We examined weekly measurements of wound number and sizes (surface area for superficial wounds or volume for non-superficial wounds). There were 341 patients identified, 114 with 322 wounds in the treatment group and 227 patients with 420 wounds in the control group. We found that rehabilitation inpatients who were given nutritional support had larger wounds and lower functional independence on admission. At discharge, wound area reduction (percent) was nearly two-fold better in patients who were given daily WS-ONS + usual hospital diet compared to those who consumed usual diet only (61.1% vs 34.5%). Overall, weekly wound improvement (lowered wound area or wound volume) was more likely in the WS-ONS group than in the Control group, particularly from the start of care to week 2. Inpatients with largest wounds and lowest functional independence on admission were most likely to be given WS-ONS, an indication that caregivers recognised the need for supplementation. Week-to-week improvement in wound size was more likely in patients who received WS-ONS than in those who did not. Specifically, wound areas and wound volumes were significantly lower at discharge among patients who were given specialised nutritional support. More research in this field is needed to improve care and reduce healthcare costs.
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- Rya K. Clark
- Clinical NutritionTIRR Memorial Hermann HospitalHoustonTexasUSA
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- Spinal Cord Injury Medicine ResearchTIRR Memorial Hermann HospitalHoustonTexasUSA
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- Scientific and Medical AffairsAbbott LaboratoriesColumbusOhioUSA
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- Scientific and Medical AffairsAbbott LaboratoriesColumbusOhioUSA
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- School of Public HealthUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTexasUSA
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- School of Public HealthUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonHoustonTexasUSA
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- Department of PharmacyTIRR Memorial Hermann HospitalHoustonTexasUSA
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Gomez G, Botero-Rodríguez F, Misas JD, Garcia-Cifuentes E, Sulo S, Brunton C, Venegas-Sanabria LC, Gracia DA, Cano Gutierrez CA. A Nutritionally Focused Program for Community-living Older Adults Resulted in Improved Health and Well-being. Clin Nutr 2022; 41:1549-1556. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2022.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Revised: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Schuetz P, Sulo S, Walzer S, Krenberger S, Stagna Z, Gomes F, Mueller B, Brunton C. Economic Evaluation of Individualized Nutritional Support for Hospitalized Patients with Chronic Heart Failure. Nutrients 2022; 14:nu14091703. [PMID: 35565669 PMCID: PMC9099480 DOI: 10.3390/nu14091703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Background Malnutrition is a highly prevalent risk factor in hospitalized patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). A recent randomized trial found lower mortality and improved health outcomes when CHF patients with nutritional risk received individualized nutritional treatment. Objective To estimate the cost-effectiveness of individualized nutritional support in hospitalized patients with CHF. Methods This analysis used data from CHF patients at risk of malnutrition (N = 645) who were part of the Effect of Early Nutritional Therapy on Frailty, Functional Outcomes and Recovery of Undernourished Medical Inpatients Trial (EFFORT). Study patients with CHF were randomized into (i) an intervention group (individualized nutritional support to reach energy, protein, and micronutrient goals) or (ii) a control group (receiving standard hospital food). We used a Markov model with daily cycles (over a 6-month interval) to estimate hospital costs and health outcomes in the comparator groups, thus modeling cost-effectiveness ratios of nutritional interventions. Results With nutritional support, the modeled total additional cost over the 6-month interval was 15,159 Swiss Francs (SF). With an additional 5.77 life days, the overall incremental cost-effectiveness ratio for nutritional support vs. no nutritional support was 2625 SF per life day gained. In terms of complications, patients receiving nutritional support had a cost savings of 6214 SF and an additional 4.11 life days without complications, yielding an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio for avoided complications of 1513 SF per life day gained. Conclusions On the basis of a Markov model, this economic analysis found that in-hospital nutritional support for CHF patients increased life expectancy at an acceptable incremental cost-effectiveness ratio.
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- Philipp Schuetz
- Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, 5001 Aarau, Switzerland;
- Medical Faculty, University of Basel, 4001 Basel, Switzerland
- Correspondence: ; Fax: +41-62-838-4100
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- Abbott Nutrition, Chicago, IL 60045, USA; (S.S.); (C.B.)
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- MArS Market Access & Pricing Strategy GmbH, 79576 Weil am Rhein, Germany; (S.W.); (S.K.)
- Health Care Management, State University Baden-Wuerttemberg, 70174 Loerrach, Germany
- Social Work & Health Care, University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten, 88250 Weingarten, Germany
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- MArS Market Access & Pricing Strategy GmbH, 79576 Weil am Rhein, Germany; (S.W.); (S.K.)
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, Nutritional Medicine and Metabolism, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, 4001 Bern, Switzerland;
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- NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal;
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- Medical University Department, Kantonsspital Aarau, 5001 Aarau, Switzerland;
- Medical Faculty, University of Basel, 4001 Basel, Switzerland
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- Abbott Nutrition, Chicago, IL 60045, USA; (S.S.); (C.B.)
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Kerr K, Clark R, Stampas A, Nelson J, Sulo S, Pandya D. Assessing the Impact of Specialized Oral Nutrition Supplementation Use on Wound Healing. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2022.01.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Chavarro-Carvajal DA, Ayala AM, Venegas-Sanabria LC, Gomez G, Sulo S, Misas JD, Cano-Gutiérrez C. Use of a nutrition-focused quality improvement program for community-living older adults at malnutrition risk is associated with better nutritional outcomes. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2022; 48:291-297. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2022.01.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Sulo S, Brunton C, Drawert S, Watson G, Hegazi R, Bastasch M. Increased Emergency Department Utilization and Costs for Medicare Cancer Patients with Malnutrition Diagnoses. J Nutr Health Aging 2022; 26:786-791. [PMID: 35934823 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-022-1826-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Malnutrition or its risk affects up to 70% of cancer patients. Compared to adequately nourished oncology patients, those with malnutrition experience more complications and have poorer prognoses, thus higher needs for healthcare. We compared utilization of emergency department (ED) services and costs for Medicare-covered cancer patients with or without a malnutrition diagnosis. METHODS We used the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Standard Analytic File to identify fee-for-service beneficiaries who had a cancer diagnosis, and had one or more outpatient claims in 2018. We totaled individual claims and costs for ED visits per beneficiary, then calculated mean per-person claims and costs for malnourished vs non-malnourished patients. RESULTS Using data from over 2.8 million claims of patients with cancer diagnoses, the prevalence of diagnosed malnutrition was 2.5%. The most common cancer types were genitourinary, hematologic/blood, and breast. Cancer patients with a malnutrition diagnosis, compared to those without, had a significantly higher annual total number of outpatient claims (21.4 vs. 11.5, P<.0001), including a 2.5-fold higher rate of ED visits (1.43 vs. 0.56, p<.0001). As result, such patients incurred more than 2-fold higher mean ED claim costs than did their adequately nourished counterparts ($10,724 vs. $4,935, P<.0001). CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that malnutrition in cancer patients imposes a high outpatient burden on resource utilization and costs of care in terms of ED use. We propose that nutritional interventions can be used to improve health outcomes for people with cancer and to improve economic outcomes for patients and providers.
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- S Sulo
- Suela Sulo, PhD, MSc, Abbott Nutrition, 100 Abbott Park Rd, Abbott Park, IL 60064, Office: 224-668-1377, Fax: 224-668-8355, E-mail:
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Brunton C, Venegas-Sanabria LC, Gomez G, Misas JD, Sulo S. Nutrition Program Improves Health-Related Outcomes of Non-Diabetic Elderly at Nutritional Risk. Innov Aging 2021. [PMCID: PMC8681947 DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igab046.3715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Malnutrition or its risk affects up to 1 in 3 older adults receiving outpatient care post a hospitalization or for chronic disease management. Although malnutrition poses a negative burden on someone’s recovery and health preservation, it can be effectively addressed through cost-effective nutrition interventions delivered as comprehensive quality improvement programs (QIPs) aiding to advance healthcare professional’s nutrition education/training and improve quality of care for at-risk/malnourished individuals. Although evidence from US and Europe demonstrates nutrition-focused QIPs are effective in delivering high-quality nutrition care and improve health outcomes of outpatients at-risk/malnourished, to date, no evidence has been reported from Latin American countries. We assessed effectiveness of a comprehensive, nutrition-focused QIP in a Colombian outpatient clinic. Between 09/2019-03/2020, 504 (of total 618) QIP participants were classified at-risk/malnourished and non-diabetics. Participants were followed for 90-days either in-person or via telehealth mechanisms (during COVID-19-imposed lockdown period). QIP interventions included healthcare professional nutrition education; QIP participant continuous nutrition and exercise counselling and 60-day supply of oral nutrition supplement (Ensure®, Abbott). QIP participants were 69% female, with >2 comorbidities, and mean age of 73. Improvement or maintenance of good mental health/well-being, frailty status, cognition and quality of life was reported for 90.7% (456/503), 87.3% (407/466), 86.7% (405/467) and 47% (237/504) participants, respectively (p-values<0.05). Results support QIP effectiveness in driving improved health-related outcomes for non-diabetic, at-nutritional-risk participants. These findings highlight the importance of nutrition-focused QIPs with ONS for older adults during their recovery phase post a recent hospitalization and/or for chronic disease management.
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- Abbott Nutrition, Bogota, Distrito Capital de Bogota, Colombia
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- Abbott Nutrition, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Nien L, Brunton C, Sulo S, Nguyen H, Nguyen T, Tran H, Nguyen D, Minh B, Nguyen H, Vu T, Truong Q, Nguyen H. Malnutrition prevalence and burden among medical and surgical Vietnamese patients: opportunity for comprehensive nutrition care. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.09.374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cano C, Venegas L, Gomez G, Sulo S, Misas J. Nutrition program for outpatient Colombian older adults at malnutrition risk improved nutritional and functional outcomes. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.09.368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Lam NV, Sulo S, Nguyen HA, Nguyen TN, Brunton C, Duy NN, Ngoc Bui MT, Nguyen HT, Vu TT, Truong QB, Nguyen HB. High prevalence and burden of adult malnutrition at a tertiary hospital: An opportunity to use nutrition-focused care to improve outcomes. Clinical Nutrition Open Science 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nutos.2021.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Cano C, Venegas L, Gomez G, Sulo S, Misas J. Nutrition program for outpatients at malnutrition risk improved health-related quality of life outcomes. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.09.409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Brunton C, Tarantino S, Sulz I, Sulo S, Gomez G, Hiesmayr M. Association between food intake and oral nutrition supplementation utilization among patients at malnutrition risk in Latin America: results from nutritionday. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.09.639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Brunton C, Sulo S, Drawert S. Prevalence and burden of malnutrition diagnosis among us heart failure inpatients. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.09.359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Correia MITD, Sulo S, Brunton C, Sulz I, Rodriguez D, Gomez G, Tarantino S, Hiesmayr M. Prevalence of malnutrition risk and its association with mortality: nutritionDay Latin America survey results. Clin Nutr 2021; 40:5114-5121. [PMID: 34461585 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2021.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Across the globe, the prevalence of hospital malnutrition varies greatly depending on the population served and on local socioeconomic conditions. While malnutrition is widely recognized to worsen patient outcomes and add financial burdens to healthcare systems, recent data on hospital malnutrition in Latin America are limited. Our study objectives were: (1) to quantify the prevalence of malnutrition risk in Latin American hospital wards, and (2) to explore associations between nutritional risk status, in-hospital food intake, and health outcomes. METHODS On nutritionDay (nDay), a specific day every year, hospital wards worldwide can participate in a one-day, cross-sectional audit. We analyzed nDay data collected in ten Latin American countries from 2009 to 2015, including demographic and nutrition-related findings for adult patients (≥18 years) from 582 hospital wards/units. Based on patient-reported responses to questions related to the Malnutrition Screening Tool, we determined the prevalence of malnutrition risk (MST score ≥2). We also summarized patient-reported food intake on nDay, and we analyzed staff-collected outcome data at 30 days post-nDay. RESULTS The prevalence of malnutrition risk in the Latin American nDay study population (N = 14,515) was 39.6%. More than 50% of studied patients ate one-half or less of their hospital meal, ate less than normal in the week before nDay, or experienced weight loss in the prior three months. The hospital-mortality hazard ratio was 3.63 (95% CI [2.71, 4.88]; P < 0.001) for patients eating one-quarter of their meal (compared with those who ate the full meal), increasing to 6.6 (95% CI [5.02, 8.7]; P < 0.0001) for patients who ate none of the food offered. CONCLUSIONS Based on compilation of nDay surveys throughout Latin America, 2 of every 5 hospitalized patients were at risk for malnutrition. The associated risk for hospital mortality was up to 6-fold higher among patients who ate little or none of their meal on nDay. This high prevalence showed scant improvement over rates two decades ago-a compelling rationale for new focus on nutrition education and training of professionals in acute care settings.
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- M Isabel T D Correia
- Department of Surgery, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Medical School, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Institute for Medical Statistics, Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Intelligent Systems Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Clinical Nutrition Department, SOLCA Cancer Hospital, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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- Institute for Medical Statistics, Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Intelligent Systems Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Medical Statistics, Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics and Intelligent Systems Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Schuetz P, Sulo S, Walzer S, Vollmer L, Brunton C, Kaegi-Braun N, Stanga Z, Mueller B, Gomes F. Cost savings associated with nutritional support in medical inpatients: an economic model based on data from a systematic review of randomised trials. BMJ Open 2021; 11:e046402. [PMID: 34244264 PMCID: PMC8273448 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Nutritional support improves clinical outcomes during hospitalisation as well as after discharge. Recently, a systematic review of 27 randomised, controlled trials showed that nutritional support was associated with lower rates of hospital readmissions and improved survival. In the present economic modelling study, we sought to determine whether in-hospital nutritional support would also return economic benefits. METHODS The current economic model applied cost estimates to the outcome results from our recent systematic review of hospitalised patients. In the underlying meta-analysis, a total of 27 trials (n=6803 patients) were included. To calculate the economic impact of nutritional support, a Markov model was developed using transitions between relevant health states. Costs were estimated accounting for length of stay in a general hospital ward, hospital-acquired infections, readmissions and nutritional support. Six-month mortality was also considered. The estimated daily per-patient cost for in-hospital nutrition was US$6.23. RESULTS Overall costs of care within the model timeframe of 6 months averaged US$63 227 per patient in the intervention group versus US$66 045 in the control group, which corresponds to per patient cost savings of US$2818. These cost savings were mainly due to reduced infection rate and shorter lengths of stay. We also calculated the costs to prevent a hospital-acquired infection and a non-elective readmission, that is, US$820 and US$733, respectively. The incremental cost per life-day gained was -US$1149 with 2.53 additional days. The sensitivity analyses for cost per quality-adjusted life day provided support for the original findings. CONCLUSIONS For medical inpatients who are malnourished or at nutritional risk, our findings showed that in-hospital nutritional support is a cost-effective way to reduce risk for readmissions, lower the frequency of hospital-associated infections, and improve survival rates.
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- Philipp Schuetz
- Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau AG, Aarau, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Swizerland
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- Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA
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- MArS Market Access & Pricing Strategy GmbH, Weil am Rhein, Germany
- State University Baden-Weurttemberg, Lörrarch, germany
- Weingarten University of Applied Sciences, Weingarten, Germany
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- MArS Market Access & Pricing Strategy GmbH, Weil am Rhein, Germany
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- Inselspital Universitatsspital Bern, Bern, BE, Switzerland
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- Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau AG, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau AG, Aarau, Switzerland
- The New York Academy of Sciences, New York city, New York, USA
- NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Sulo S, Schiffer L, Sheean P, Farrar I, Partridge J, Fitzgibbon M. Community-Dwelling Adults at Nutrition Risk: Characteristics in Relation to the Consumption of Oral Nutritional Supplements. J Prim Care Community Health 2021; 11:2150132720922716. [PMID: 32450745 PMCID: PMC7252370 DOI: 10.1177/2150132720922716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Purpose: Nutrition risk and utilization rate of simple but effective interventions such as oral nutritional supplementation (ONS) in community settings in the United States, particularly among older adults, has received little emphasis. We conducted a cross-sectional study of community-dwelling adults ≥55 years of age and living independently to assess their risk of poor nutrition and characteristics in relation to ONS consumption. Methods: Demographic characteristics, activities of daily living (ADL), and health care resource utilization in the past 6 months were also collected via telephone survey. Nutrition risk was assessed with the abridged Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (abPG-SGA) and the DETERMINE Checklist. A logistic regression model tested possible predictors of ONS use. Results: Of 1001 participants surveyed, 996 provided data on ONS use and 11% (n = 114) reported consuming ONS during the past 6 months. ONS users were more likely to be at high nutrition risk than nonusers based on both abPG-SGA (43% vs 24%, P < .001) and DETERMINE Checklist (68% vs 48%, P < .001) scores. ONS users reported less functional independence based on ADL scores (86% vs 92%, P = .03), taking ≥3 medications/day (77% vs 53%, P < .001), and utilizing more health care services. Higher nutrition risk (per abPG-SGA), lower body mass index, hospitalization in the past 6 months, and ≥3 medications/day were each independently associated with ONS use (P < .05). Conclusions: Although one in four, urban community-dwelling adults (≥55 years of age) were classified as at high nutrition risk in our study, only 11% reported consuming ONS—a simple and effective nutrition intervention. Efforts to improve identification of nutrition risk and implement ONS interventions could benefit nutritionally vulnerable, community-dwelling adults.
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- Suela Sulo
- Abbott Nutrition Research & Development, Columbus, OH, USA
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Hong K, Sulo S, Wang W, Kim S, Huettner L, Taroyan R, Kerr KW, Kaloostian C. Nutrition Care for Poorly Nourished Outpatients Reduces Resource Use and Lowers Costs. J Prim Care Community Health 2021; 12:21501327211017014. [PMID: 34009072 PMCID: PMC8138290 DOI: 10.1177/21501327211017014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Background and Objectives: Over 25% of United States (US) community-dwelling, older adults are at
nutritional risk. Health and cost burdens of poor nutrition can be lowered
by nutrition programs for hospital inpatients, but few studies have looked
at the impact on outpatients. The objective of our study was to assess
outcomes of a nutrition focused quality improvement program (QIP) on
healthcare resource use and costs in poorly nourished outpatients. Methods: This pre-post QIP study was implemented at 3 US healthcare system clinics.
Included patients (n = 600) were ≥45 years old, had ≥2 chronic conditions,
and were enrolled over a 15-month interval. For comparison, historical
(n = 600) and concurrent control (n = 600) groups were used. Assessment of
poor nutritional status was performed during each patient’s baseline visit.
Healthcare resource use (hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and
outpatient clinic visits), medication use, and costs were determined for a
90-day interval. Results: QIP patients (mean age 61.6 years) were predominantly female (62.5%) and
overweight/obese (81.7%). The proportion of QIP outpatients presenting for
healthcare services was significantly reduced compared to both historical
and concurrent controls—relative risk reduction (RRR) versus historical
(11.6%, P < .001) and versus concurrent (8.9%,
P = .003). Of those who presented, RRR for healthcare
resource use by QIP was significant in comparison with historical (12.9%,
P = .022) but not concurrent controls. No significant
differences were observed for medication usage. Lower resource use among QIP
patients yielded total cost savings of $290 923 or per-patient savings of
$485. Conclusions: Nutrition QIPs in outpatient clinics are feasible and can reduce healthcare
resource use and cut costs. Such findings underscore benefits of nutritional
interventions for community-dwelling outpatients with poor nutritional
status.
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- Kurt Hong
- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, USA
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- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Anghel S, Kerr KW, Valladares AF, Kilgore KM, Sulo S. Identifying patients with malnutrition and improving use of nutrition interventions: A quality study in four US hospitals. Nutrition 2021; 91-92:111360. [PMID: 34274654 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2021.111360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE This study investigated how specific nutrition interventions were implemented at four US hospitals, compared rates of malnutrition diagnosis and assessment between physicians and registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs), and examined how these differences affected the nutrition intervention received during patients' hospital stay. METHODS Data on patients' nutrition status and nutrition interventions were collected from 16 669 hospital inpatient records. Data on intervention utilization for patients with differing nutrition assessments and diagnoses from different health care practitioners were compared using descriptive statistics and χ2 tests. RESULTS The study found high levels of agreement between physician diagnosis and RDN assessment of malnutrition (88%). Much of this agreement related to patients identified as not malnourished. Of patients identified as malnourished by either physician diagnosis or RDN assessment, agreement was reached in 55.5% of patients. Less than half (46.3%) of patients identified as malnourished had a documented nutrition intervention. Oral nutritional supplements (ONS) were the most commonly used intervention, with 5.1% of patients receiving them. Patients identified as malnourished by physician diagnosis, but not by RDN assessment, were more likely to receive enteral and parenteral nutrition. Patients identified as malnourished by RDN assessment, but not by physician diagnosis, were more likely to have received ONS, meals and snacks, counseling, and food/nutrition-related medication management. CONCLUSION The high level of agreement on assessment and malnutrition diagnosis suggests positive levels of malnutrition care coordination at the study hospitals. However, significant room for improvement exists in providing interventions to inpatients diagnosed with malnourishment. Differences in interventions may reflect dissimilar approaches commonly used by different practitioners and should be a topic of future study.
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- Sharen Anghel
- Overlook Medical Center, Atlantic Health System, Summit, New Jersey, United States
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- Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, Ohio, United States.
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- Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, Ohio, United States
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Sulo S, Vargas J, Gomez G, Misas JD, Serralde-Zúñiga AE, Correia MITD. Hospital nutrition care informs potential cost-savings for healthcare: A budget impact analysis. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2021; 42:195-200. [PMID: 33745577 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.01.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM In Mexico, about half of hospitalized patients are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition upon hospital admission, while many others experience deterioration of their nutritional status while in the hospital. Such patients often experience poor health outcomes and have increased hospital costs. The aim of our budget-impact analysis was to estimate potential savings associated with the implementation of a Mexican hospital-based program of nutrition care for patients at malnutrition risk or malnourished. METHODS The budget-impact model was based on data published previously. Our model compared patients assigned to receive individualized early nutrition therapy (initiated within 24-48 h of hospital admission) with those who received standard delayed nutrition therapy (not initiated early). Outcomes included length of stay, infectious complications, and 30-day readmissions. We modeled a 30-day time-horizon, estimated event probabilities on the basis of published data, and projected costs in 2020 US dollars. RESULTS Average total healthcare costs over 30-days were $3527 for patients with early nutrition therapy vs $6032 for patients with standard nutrition therapy-a savings of $2505 per early nutrition-treated patient (41.5% lower). Cost differences between the groups were $2336 vs $3065 for hospital-associated costs (23.8% lower), $262 vs $780 for 30-day readmissions (66.4% lower) and $1348 for malnutrition-associated infections. Applying these potential savings from individualized early nutrition care to a one-year estimate of 3.22 million Mexican hospital patients with malnutrition or its risk, the total overall savings for public health expenditures was equivalent to $8.1 billion per year or 32.1% of total healthcare expenditures. CONCLUSIONS The results demonstrated the potential for hospital-based nutrition care programs to reduce costs of patient hospitalizations. These notable findings provide a rationale for Mexican healthcare institutions to implement programs of comprehensive nutrition-focused care for inpatients with malnutrition or its risk. To this end, we advise implementation of professional programs for education and training in order to increase awareness of patients' nutritional needs and to better prepare clinical personnel to identify, treat, and monitor patients at-risk/malnourished.
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- Suela Sulo
- Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Abbott Nutrition, Chicago, IL, USA.
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- Health Economics, EconoPharma Consulting, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Scientific and Medical Affairs and Market Access, Abbott Laboratories, Bogota, Colombia
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- Scientific and Medical Affairs and Market Access, Abbott Laboratories, Bogota, Colombia
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Lanctin DP, Merced‐Nieves F, Mallett RM, Arensberg MB, Guenter P, Sulo S, Platts‐Mills TF. Prevalence and Economic Burden of Malnutrition Diagnosis Among Patients Presenting to United States Emergency Departments. Acad Emerg Med 2021; 28:325-335. [PMID: 31724782 DOI: 10.1111/acem.13887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Revised: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Malnutrition is a potentially remediable condition that when untreated contributes to poor health and economic outcomes. While assessment of malnutrition risk is improving, its identification rate and economic burden in emergency departments (EDs) is largely unknown. We sought to determine prevalence and economic burden of diagnosed malnutrition among patients presenting to U.S. EDs. METHODS This is a retrospective analysis of Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Emergency Department Sample data. Malnutrition prevalence was confirmed via International Classification of Diseases, 9th Edition, diagnosis codes. The economic burden was assessed by comparing probability of hospitalization and the average total charges between propensity-score matched visits with and without a malnutrition diagnosis. RESULTS Data from 238 million ED visits between 2006 and 2014 were analyzed. Over this period, the prevalence of diagnosed malnutrition increased for all demographic categories assessed. For older adults (≥65 years), the prevalence increased from 2.5% (2006) to 3.6% (2014). Older age, high-income community residence, Western region, urban areas, and Medicare coverage were associated with higher diagnosis prevalence. Malnutrition diagnosis was associated with a 4.23 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.93 to 4.55) times higher odds of hospitalization and $21,892 higher mean total charges (95% CI = $19,593 to $24,192). CONCLUSIONS While malnutrition is currently diagnosed at a low rate in U.S. EDs, the economic burden of malnutrition is substantial in this care setting. Given the potential for systematic malnutrition screening and treatment protocols to alleviate this burden, future research is warranted.
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- the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Silver Spring MD
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Wills-Gallagher J, Kerr KW, Macintosh B, Valladares AF, Kilgore KM, Sulo S. Implementation of malnutrition quality improvement reveals opportunities for better nutrition care delivery for hospitalized patients. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2021; 46:243-248. [PMID: 33594704 PMCID: PMC9290569 DOI: 10.1002/jpen.2086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Gaps in hospital-based nutrition care practices and opportunities to improve care of patients at risk of malnutrition or malnourished have been demonstrated by several US hospitals implementing quality improvement (QI) projects. This study examined the impact of nutrition care process improvements focused on better documentation of identification and diagnosis of malnutrition in 5 hospital services and differences between nutritionally targeted vs nontargeted services. METHODS Data on malnutrition risk screening, nutrition assessment, malnutrition diagnosis, and nutrition care plan delivery were collected from 32,723 hospital encounters for patients admitted to the intensive care unit, pulmonology, oncology, urology, and general medicine services (targeted) as well as the rest of the nontargeted hospital services between 2017 and 2019. RESULTS Higher rates of morbidity in targeted service patients compared with those in the patient population admitted in the nontargeted services were observed, including higher rates of malnutrition risk (37.43% vs 19.16%, P < .001), higher rates of moderate and severe malnutrition first identified by a registered dietitian nutritionist (20.27% vs 9.67%, P < .001), and malnutrition diagnosis confirmed by an admitting physician (16.72% vs 6.74%, P < .001). CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest sustained improvements in confirmed rates of malnutrition identification and diagnosis are achievable. Targeting malnutrition QI efforts to hospital services with higher patient morbidity is an effective method for improving malnutrition diagnosis, in particular in hospitals with limited resources, which in turn can result in improved nutrition care delivery.
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- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Medical Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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Valladares AF, Kilgore KM, Partridge J, Sulo S, Kerr KW, McCauley S. How a Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative Furthers Malnutrition Measurement and Care: Results From a Hospital Learning Collaborative. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2021; 45:366-371. [PMID: 32282948 PMCID: PMC7984333 DOI: 10.1002/jpen.1833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Malnutrition in hospitalized patients can adversely affect health outcomes and increase the cost of care. Real-world strategies are needed for prompt identification and treatment of patients at risk of malnutrition. OBJECTIVES The aim of this quality improvement (QI) study was to measure the impact of a nutrition-focused program on the malnutrition care processes of participating hospitals. Secondary objectives were to determine whether improvements in these nutrition-related processes reduced hospital readmissions and length of stay (LOS) in patients ≥65 years. METHODS A group of 27 US hospitals ("The Collaborative") implemented the Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative (MQii), as guided by a Malnutrition QI Toolkit and 4 electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs), including (1) nutrition screening; (2) nutrition assessment following detection of malnutrition risk; (3) nutrition care plan for patients identified as malnourished after completed nutrition assessment; and (4) documentation of malnutrition diagnoses. Multivariate analyses identified the variables best correlated with patient outcomes. RESULTS Improvements were observed for all 4 eCQMs. The greatest improvements were achieved as a result of timely nutrition assessment (P = .06) and malnutrition diagnosis (P = .02). Patients ≥65 years with a malnutrition diagnosis and nutrition care plan had a 24% lower likelihood of 30-day readmission but a longer mean LOS than did those without a care plan. CONCLUSIONS In this study, the implementation of MQii practices significantly improved the identification of malnutrition. The prompt identification and treatment of patients at malnutrition risk can improve patient care and health, as well as reduce costly readmissions.
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- Angel F. Valladares
- Senior Manager, The Center for Healthcare TransformationAvalere HealthWashingtonDCUSA
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- Health Economics and Advanced AnalyticsAvalere HealthWashingtonDCUSA
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- Global Scientific AffairsAbbott Nutrition R&DColumbusOhioUSA
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- Global Health Economics and Outcomes ResearchAbbott NutritionAbbott ParkIllinoisUSA
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- Global Health Economics and Outcomes ResearchAbbott NutritionColumbusOhioUSA
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- Quality ManagementThe Academy of Nutrition and DieteticsChicagoIllinoisUSA
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Williams DGA, Ohnuma T, Haines KL, Krishnamoorthy V, Raghunathan K, Sulo S, Cassady BA, Hegazi R, Wischmeyer PE. Association between early postoperative nutritional supplement utilisation and length of stay in malnourished hip fracture patients. Br J Anaesth 2021; 126:730-737. [PMID: 33516455 DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2020.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Malnutrition in older hip fracture patients is associated with increased complication rates and mortality. As postoperative nutrition delivery is essential to surgical recovery, postoperative nutritional supplements including oral nutritional supplements or tube feeding formulas can improve postoperative outcomes in malnourished hip/femur fracture patients. The association between early postoperative nutritional supplements utilisation and hospital length of stay was assessed in malnourished hip/femur fracture patients. METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study of malnourished hip/femur fracture patients undergoing surgery from 2008 to 2018. Patients were identified through International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes and nutritional supplement utilisation via hospital charge codes. The primary outcome was hospital length of stay. Secondary outcomes included infectious complications, hospital mortality, ICU admission, and costs. Propensity matching (1:1) and univariable analysis were performed. RESULTS Overall, 160 151 hip/femur fracture surgeries were identified with a coded-malnutrition prevalence of 8.7%. Early postoperative nutritional supplementation (by hospital day 1) occurred in 1.9% of all patients and only 4.9% of malnourished patients. Propensity score matching demonstrated early nutritional supplements were associated with significantly shorter length of stay (5.8 [6.6] days vs 7.6 [5.8] days; P<0.001) without increasing hospital costs. No association was observed between early nutritional supplementation and secondary outcomes. CONCLUSION Malnutrition is underdiagnosed in hip/femur fracture patients, and nutritional supplementation is underutilised. Early nutritional supplementation was associated with a significantly shorter hospital stay without an increase in costs. Nutritional supplementation in malnourished hip/femur fracture patients could serve as a key target for perioperative quality improvement.
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- David G A Williams
- CAPER Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, USA; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Trauma and Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- CAPER Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, USA; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA.
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Sulo S, Drawert S, Watson G, Hegazi R, Bastasch M. Outpatient Resource Utilization Of Medicare Cancer Patients With Malnutrition Diagnosis. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2020.09.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Hong K, Wang W, Sulo S, Kim S, Huettner L, Taroyan R, Kaloostian C. Nutrition program reduces healthcare use of adult outpatients with poor nutrition status. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2020.09.710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Schuetz P, Sulo S, Walzer S, Vollmer L, Stanga Z, Gomes F, Rueda R, Mueller B, Partridge J. Economic evaluation of individualized nutritional support in medical inpatients: Secondary analysis of the EFFORT trial. Clin Nutr 2020; 39:3361-3368. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2020.02.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Williams DGA, Ohnuma T, Krishnamoorthy V, Raghunathan K, Sulo S, Cassady BA, Hegazi R, Wischmeyer PE. Impact of early postoperative oral nutritional supplement utilization on clinical outcomes in colorectal surgery. Perioper Med (Lond) 2020; 9:29. [PMID: 33029348 PMCID: PMC7534158 DOI: 10.1186/s13741-020-00160-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Small randomized trials of early postoperative oral nutritional supplementation (ONS) suggest various health benefits following colorectal surgery (CRS). However, real-world evidence of the impact of early ONS on clinical outcomes in CRS is lacking. Methods Using a nationwide administrative-financial database (Premier Healthcare Database), we examined the association between early ONS use and postoperative clinical outcomes in patients undergoing elective open or laparoscopic CRS between 2008 and 2014. Early ONS was defined as the presence of charges for ONS before postoperative day (POD) 3. The primary outcome was composite infectious complications. Key secondary efficacy (intensive care unit (ICU) admission and gastrointestinal complications) and falsification (blood transfusion and myocardial infarction) outcomes were also examined. Propensity score matching was used to assemble patient groups that were comparable at baseline, and differences in outcomes were examined. Results Overall, patients receiving early ONS were older with greater comorbidities and more likely to be Medicare beneficiaries with malnutrition. In a well-matched sample of early ONS recipients (n = 267) versus non-recipients (n = 534), infectious complications were significantly lower in early ONS recipients (6.7% vs. 11.8%, P < 0.03). Early ONS use was also associated with significantly reduced rates of pneumonia (P < 0.04), ICU admissions (P < 0.04), and gastrointestinal complications (P < 0.05). There were no significant differences in falsification outcomes. Conclusions Although early postoperative ONS after CRS was more likely to be utilized in elderly patients with greater comorbidities, the use of early ONS was associated with reduced infectious complications, pneumonia, ICU admission, and gastrointestinal complications. This propensity score-matched study using real-world data suggests that clinical outcomes are improved with early ONS use, a simple and inexpensive intervention in CRS patients.
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- David G A Williams
- CAPER Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, DUMC, Box 3094 Mail # 41, 2301 Erwin Road, 5692 HAFS, Durham, NC 27710 USA.,Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC USA
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- CAPER Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, DUMC, Box 3094 Mail # 41, 2301 Erwin Road, 5692 HAFS, Durham, NC 27710 USA
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- CAPER Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, DUMC, Box 3094 Mail # 41, 2301 Erwin Road, 5692 HAFS, Durham, NC 27710 USA
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- CAPER Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, DUMC, Box 3094 Mail # 41, 2301 Erwin Road, 5692 HAFS, Durham, NC 27710 USA
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- CAPER Unit, Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, DUMC, Box 3094 Mail # 41, 2301 Erwin Road, 5692 HAFS, Durham, NC 27710 USA.,Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC USA
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Kerr K, Valladares A, Kilgore K, Sulo S, McCauley S, Partridge J. Improving Nutrition Care Processes and 30-day Readmissions Through Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiatives. J Acad Nutr Diet 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2020.06.226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Sulo S, Gramlich L, Benjamin J, McCauley S, Powers J, Sriram K, Mitchell K. Nutrition Interventions Deliver Value in Healthcare: Real-World Evidence . NDS 2020. [DOI: 10.2147/nds.s262364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Rodríguez-Sánchez B, Sulo S, Carnicero JA, Rueda R, Rodríguez-Mañas L. Malnutrition Prevalence and Burden on Healthcare Resource Use Among Spanish Community-Living Older Adults: Results of a Longitudinal Analysis. Clinicoecon Outcomes Res 2020; 12:355-367. [PMID: 32765021 PMCID: PMC7367719 DOI: 10.2147/ceor.s256671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Little is known about the economic burden that malnutrition or its risk imposes on community-dwelling older adults. Using cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses, we assessed the impact of malnutrition risk on healthcare utilization and costs in a cohort of older adults living in Spanish community. PATIENTS AND METHODS Data from 1660 older (range 66-98 years), community-living adults participating in the Toledo Study on Healthy Ageing, waves 2 (year 2011-2013) and 3 (year 2015), were analyzed. Nutritional status categories were defined according to the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria, using a two-step approach. First, screening for malnutrition risk. Once positive, individuals were classified as malnourished according to some phenotypic (body mass index, grip strength, and unintentional weight loss) and etiologic (disease burden/inflammation and reduced food intake or assimilation) criteria. Outcomes assessed included healthcare resources (hospital admissions, number of hospitalizations, length of hospital stay per hospitalization, and number of medications). RESULTS Fifteen percent of the population was found to be at risk of malnutrition, while 12.6% was malnourished. Overall, patients from both groups were older, had lower functional status, and had more comorbidities compared to well-nourished counterparts (p<0.05). Results of our cross-sectional analysis showed that being at-risk/malnourished was associated with greater medication utilization, higher rates of hospital admission and longer stays, and higher hospitalization costs. However, when adjusting for covariates, malnutrition/risk was associated only with higher hospitalization costs (range: 11-13%). Longitudinal analysis results indicated that malnutrition/risk was significantly associated with more frequent hospitalizations, longer lengths of stay, higher hospitalization costs, and polypharmacy at follow-up. CONCLUSION Malnutrition or its risk, found in over one of four older adults in the Toledo community, was associated with higher healthcare resource use and increased costs. Such findings suggest that malnutrition risk-screening for older adults, and provision of nutrition counseling and care when needed, hold potential to improve their health and to lower costs of care in the Spanish healthcare system.
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- Fundación de Investigación Biomédica, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, Spain
- Geriatric Department, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, Spain
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Williams DGA, Ohnuma T, Krishnamoorthy V, Raghunathan K, Sulo S, Cassady BA, Hegazi R, Wischmeyer PE. Postoperative Utilization of Oral Nutrition Supplements in Surgical Patients in US Hospitals. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2020; 45:596-606. [DOI: 10.1002/jpen.1862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- David G. A. Williams
- CAPER Unit Department of Anesthesiology Duke University School of Medicine Durham North Carolina USA
- Duke Clinical Research Institute Durham North Carolina USA
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- CAPER Unit Department of Anesthesiology Duke University School of Medicine Durham North Carolina USA
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- CAPER Unit Department of Anesthesiology Duke University School of Medicine Durham North Carolina USA
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- CAPER Unit Department of Anesthesiology Duke University School of Medicine Durham North Carolina USA
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- Abbott Nutrition Columbus Ohio USA
- Faculty of Medicine Mansoura University Mansoura Egypt
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- CAPER Unit Department of Anesthesiology Duke University School of Medicine Durham North Carolina USA
- Duke Clinical Research Institute Durham North Carolina USA
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Kerr K, Valladares A, Kilgore K, Sulo S, Arensberg M. Differences in Nutrition Interventions Among Malnourished Hospitalized Patients. Curr Dev Nutr 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzaa055_014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This study examined how nutrition intervention approach and utilization rate varied by the method of malnutrition risk documentation.
Methods
16,669 hospital patient records collected from 4 US hospital systems from January–June 2019 as part of the Malnutrition Quality Improvement Initiative (MQii) Learning Collaborative were analyzed. Nutrition interventions included: enteral nutrition, parenteral nutrition, ONS, feeding assistance, food and nutrition related medical management, nutrition education, counseling, and care coordination.
Results
Similar numbers of patients were documented as malnourished by nutrition assessment (n = 1087) and medical diagnosis (n = 1186). Only 46% (n = 692) of patients documented as malnourished by assessment or diagnosis received a nutrition intervention. The most frequently used interventions were ONS (n = 854), nutrition education (n = 318), and care coordination (n = 290). 53.1% of patients who received a nutrition intervention received multiple nutrition interventions; the average number of interventions was 2.03. Patients with a physician diagnosis of malnutrition more frequently received parenteral and enteral nutrition (7.75% vs 1.78%, P = 0.0191, and 26.36% vs 7.69%, P < 0.0001, respectively), while patients with malnutrition documented by a registered dietitian more frequently received ONS (82.84% vs 58.14%, P < 0.0001) and counseling (52.66% vs 1.55%, P < 0.0001).
Conclusions
Utilization of nutrition interventions for patients documented by nutrition assessment and medical diagnosis are quite similar, suggesting a positive level of care coordination exist. Differences in intervention utilization rate and approach are consistent with previous literature showing that physicians diagnose and treat more severely malnourished patients, often through enteral and parenteral nutrition. Future work is needed to investigate the impact of each intervention type separately and combined on patient health and economic outcomes.
Funding Sources
The MQii is a project of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Avalere Health, and hospital stakeholders who participated in the collaborative partnership. Abbott provided financial support for MQii development and application.
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Sulo S, Lanctin D, Feldstein J, Schwander B, Partridge J, Landow W, Zöllner YF. Budget Impact Analysis of a Home-Based Nutrition Program for Adults at Risk for Malnutrition. Am Health Drug Benefits 2020; 13:95-101. [PMID: 32699570 PMCID: PMC7370826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hospital-based, nutrition-focused interventions have significantly lowered the cost-associated burden of poor nutrition through a reduction in healthcare resource utilization (HCRU). However, for patients at risk for poor nutrition who receive nutritional care at home, limited evidence exists on the economic impact of nutrition-focused interventions. OBJECTIVE To estimate the 30-day cost-savings associated with an at-home nutrition-focused quality improvement program in the postacute care setting for patients at risk for poor nutrition from the perspective of a hospital system. METHODS We compared the HCRU of 1546 patients enrolled in a quality improvement program during 1 year versus 7413 patients in a pre-program historical cohort who received care during the 1 year before the quality improvement program implementation. The analysis included the number of 30-day hospitalizations, emergency department and outpatient visits for both cohorts, and the associated costs. The main analysis included the fixed and variable costs for the program, and the costs of oral nutritional supplement and delivery. The costs for hospitalization, emergency department, and outpatient visit costs were based on the 2013 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project and Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. RESULTS Based on the 2013 survey, the baseline costs for hospitalization, emergency department, and outpatient visit costs were $18,296, $1312, and $535, respectively. Our health economic analysis about the 30-day overall HCRU has shown that the quality improvement program group resulted in a total cost-savings of $2,408,668 for the 1546 patients in the program and a net savings of $1558 per patient compared with the costs for the pre-quality improvement program historical cohort. CONCLUSION The use of a nutrition-focused quality improvement program led to significant 30-day cost-savings, by reducing HCRU for adults who received nutritional-based care at home. The improvements in HCRU highlight the importance of implementing nutrition-focused quality improvement programs for hospital systems that provide care for patients who are at risk for poor nutrition across a variety of care settings.
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- Suela Sulo
- Director, Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR), Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, OH
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- President and Chief Executive Officer, CAVA, LLC, Northampton, MA
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- General Manager, AHEAD GmbH-Agency for Health Economic Assessment and Dissemination, Loerrach, Germany
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- Director, Global HEOR & Health Policy, Abbott Nutrition, Columbus
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- Director, Operations, Advocate Health Care, Downers Grove, IL
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- Professor, Health Economics, Medical School Hamburg, Germany
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Ohnuma T, Krishnamoorthy V, Raghunathan K, Williams DGA, Sulo S, Hegazi R, Wischmeyer PE. Overcoming confounding by indication in nutrition research using electronic healthcare data. Clin Nutr 2020; 39:985-987. [PMID: 32061371 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2020.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Tetsu Ohnuma
- CAPER Unit Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- CAPER Unit Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- CAPER Unit Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- CAPER Unit Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA
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- CAPER Unit Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA.
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Sulo S, Kozmic S, Partridge J, Landow W, VanDerBosch G, Riley K, Sriram K. Diabetics at Risk for Malnutrition: Improving Hospitalization Rates through a Comprehensive Nutrition Care Program. J Acad Nutr Diet 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2019.06.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Sulo S, Schiffer L, Sheehan P, Farrar I, Partridge J, Fitzgibbon M. Assessing the Characteristics of Nutritionally Vulnerable Community-Dwelling Older Adults Consuming Oral Nutritional Supplements: A Survey Study. J Acad Nutr Diet 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2019.06.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Rodríguez-Mañas L, Rodriguez-Sánchez B, Carnicero-Carreño J, Sulo S, Lanctin D, Partridge J, Pereira S, Rueda R. MON-PO542: Malnutrition Prevalence and Burden Among Community-Dwelling Older Spanish Adults. Clin Nutr 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(19)32375-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kupsik M, Sulo S, Katz A, Memmel H. What do women really think? Patient understanding of breast cancer risk. Breast J 2019; 25:1320-1322. [DOI: 10.1111/tbj.13472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2018] [Revised: 12/15/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Michalina Kupsik
- Metropolitan Group Hospitals, University of Illinois Chicago Illinois
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- Russell Institute for Research and Innovation Park Ridge Illinois
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- Division of Breast Surgical Oncology Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Park Ridge Illinois
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- Division of Breast Surgical Oncology Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Park Ridge Illinois
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Riley K, Sulo S, Dabbous F, Partridge J, Kozmic S, Landow W, VanDerBosch G, Falson MK, Sriram K. Reducing Hospitalizations and Costs: A Home Health Nutrition-Focused Quality Improvement Program. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2019; 44:58-68. [PMID: 31231830 PMCID: PMC7003931 DOI: 10.1002/jpen.1606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 05/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Background Identification and treatment of malnutrition across the care continuum can help prevent illness onset or relapse and maximize the effectiveness of other medical treatments. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a nutrition‐focused quality improvement program (QIP) conducted in a home health agency (HHA) on hospitalization rates and healthcare costs incurred over 90 days. Methods This was a multisite, pre‐post QIP implemented at 2 branches of an Illinois‐based HHA. The QIP included 1546 patients who were (1) at‐risk or malnourished hospitalized patients discharged to the HHA, (2) referred by a physician during an outpatient visit, or (3) enrolled in the HHA through a skilled nursing facility. A historic (n = 7413 patients) and concurrent group (n = 5235) of patients were used for comparisons. Propensity score matching was used to account for imbalances in patient characteristics. Results The QIP led to reduced relative risk of hospitalization post‐enrollment to the QIP by 24.3%, 22.8%, and 18.3% at 30, 60, and 90 days, respectively, when compared with the historic group, and by 18.2%, 16.2%, and 12.1% when compared with the concurrent group. Total cost savings from reduced 90‐day healthcare resource utilization was $2,318,894, or $1500 per patient treated. Conclusions Rates of hospitalization and healthcare resources can be significantly reduced through the implementation of a nutrition‐focused QIP delivering oral nutritional supplements in home health settings for adults at‐risk/malnourished. These results highlight the importance of nutrition as a strategy for HHAs and other post‐acute care institutions to improve patients' health outcomes and generate cost savings.
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- Katie Riley
- Advocate Health Care, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
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- Abbott Research & Development, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Advocate Health Care, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
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- Advocate Health Care, Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
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VanDerBosch G, Sulo S, Dziadosz M, Kozmic SE, Sorkin K, Lanctin D, Isenring L. Similar health economic outcomes in low-risk and high-risk malnourished inpatients as screened by the Malnutrition Screening Tool after delivery of oral nutritional supplements. Nutrition 2019; 67-68:110519. [PMID: 31472366 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2019.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/05/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine whether modified low- and high-risk Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST) scores (2 versus >2, respectively) were independently predictive of health economic outcomes. METHODS We analyzed data from a recent nutrition-based quality improvement program (QIP) that prescribed daily oral nutritional supplements for all hospitalized adults at risk for malnutrition. In the original study, an electronic medical records-based MST was administered at the time of admission, and patients were classified as "low risk" or "high risk" for malnutrition based on MST scores (2 versus ≥2). We compared health economic outcomes for patients at low or high risk for malnutrition based on a modified score (MST = 2 versus >2, respectively), looking for between-group differences in length of stay (LOS) and unplanned 30-d readmissions. Analyses were additionally stratified by age (<65 versus ≥65 y of age). RESULTS Of the 1269 patients enrolled in the QIP, 413 (32.5%) had MST of 2 and 856 (67.5%) had MST >2. Mean LOS was 5.19 d (±4.78) for patients with MST 2 and 4.49 d (±4.69) with MST >2 (non-statistically significant between-group difference; P = 0.277). There were no significant differences in unplanned 30-d readmission rates (14% for low-risk and 17.1% for high-risk patients; P = 0.171). These findings remained statistically insignificant when the low- and high-risk MST score groups were further stratified by age. CONCLUSIONS Outcomes of hospitalized patients with MST 2 were not significantly different from those with an MST >2. This suggests that patients at both lower and higher risk for malnutrition (based on MST scores of 2 versus ≥3) were similar in terms of LOS and 30-d readmission rates. To avoid overlooking cases of malnutrition risk, the validated cutoff scores for the MST should be consistently implemented. Training that is consistent with the validated MST is recommended rather than attempting to reduce the case burden by "raising the bar" and attempting to classify patients with an MST = 2 as "low risk."
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- Abbott Nutrition Research & Development, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Abbott Nutrition Research & Development, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Sulo S, Schiffer L, Sheean P, Farrar I, Partridge J, Fitzgibbon M. Characteristics of Nutritionally Vulnerable Community-Dwelling Older Adults Consuming Oral Nutritional Supplements (OR16-08-19). Curr Dev Nutr 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzz051.or16-08-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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There are limited data on nutrition risk profiles of community-dwelling older adults and their consumption patterns of oral nutritional supplements (ONS). This study assessed the characteristics of nutritionally vulnerable ONS users versus non-ONS users.
Methods
A cross-sectional study of White, Black and Hispanic community-dwelling adults, ≥55 years of age, residing in Chicago metropolitan area (MSA), USA was conducted over a 4-month period. Demographic characteristics, Katz's activities of daily living (ADL), healthcare resource utilization, and ONS consumption in the last six months were collected via a telephone survey. Nutrition risk was assessed via the abridged Patient Generated Subjective Global Assessment (abPG-SGA) and the DETERMINE checklist. Characteristics of ONS and non-ONS users were compared using t-tests and chi-square tests. A multivariable logistic regression assessed which characteristics were independently associated with ONS use.
Results
Of 1001 participants surveyed, 996 provided data on ONS use; 26% (n = 261) were classified as ‘high’ nutrition risk, and 11% (n = 114) reported consuming ONS. ONS users reported consuming on average 4.7 bottles/week, with recommendation primarily received from their physician (37%). ONS users were more likely to be at high nutritional risk than non-users per both abPG-SGA (43% vs 24%, P < .001) and DETERMINE (68% vs 48%, P < .001) results. They were less likely to be independent on all ADLs (86% vs 92%, P = .03), reported higher healthcare utilization, and were more likely to take ≥3 drugs/day (77% vs 53%, P < .001). Higher nutritional risk (per abPG-SGA), lower body mass index, hospitalization in past 6 months, and taking ≥3 drugs/day were significantly (P < .05) associated with ONS use.
Conclusions
Although one in four older community-dwellers living in the Chicago MSA were at high nutrition risk, only 11% of them reported consuming ONS. Older adults are more likely to consume ONS and experience poor health outcomes and polypharmacy. These results suggest that identification of nutrition risk among community-dwelling older adults remains unaddressed and may not result in nutrition interventions. Improved identification of nutrition risk and implementation of targeted interventions with ONS is warranted for older community-dwelling adults.
Funding Sources
Abbott, Columbus, OH, USA.
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Sharman Moser S, Doyev R, Cohen B, Kurz R, Sulo S, Shalev V, Chodick G. Prevalence and characteristics of malnutrition among community-dwelling older adults in Israel. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2018; 28:179-185. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2018.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2018] [Revised: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 08/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Sauer AC, Li J, Partridge J, Sulo S. Assessing the impact of nutrition interventions on health and nutrition outcomes of community-dwelling adults: a systematic review. NDS 2018. [DOI: 10.2147/nds.s177248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Ruiz Á, Buitrago G, Nelcy R, Gómez C, Rodolfo D, Alba M, Chavez W, Araque C, Misas J, Sulo S, Gomez G. Prevalence and characterization of an undernourished inpatient population with cardiopulmonary diagnoses upon hospital admission at four colombian hospitals. Clin Nutr 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.06.2055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Riley K, Sulo S, Dabbous F, Partridge J, Kozmic S, Landow W, VanDerBosch G, Falson M, Sriram K. A Nutrition-focused quality improvement program reduces hospitalization rates of post-acute care patients at risk of malnutrition. Clin Nutr 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.06.2056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, OH
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