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Clinical Indicators of the Nursing Diagnosis of “Imbalanced Nutrition: More than Body Requirements” in Pregnant Women
Author(s) -
Valente Mayenne M. Q. P.,
Moura Escolástica R. F.,
de Oliveira Lopes Marcos V.,
de Castro Damasceno Ana K.,
Evangelista Danielle R.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2012.01010.x
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , obesity , body mass index , public health , nursing diagnosis , cross sectional study , physical therapy , obstetrics , nursing , pathology , medical diagnosis
Objectives To verify the accuracy measures of certain clinical indicators for the diagnosis of “Imbalanced Nutrition: More than Body Requirements” in pregnant women. Design and Sample A cross‐sectional, descriptive, and exploratory study. In total, 146 pregnant women treated in the public health unit in northeast B razil. Measures Data were collected through structured interviews and by measuring the body mass index and the thickness of the triceps skin fold. The sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of these clinical indicators were also analyzed. Results The clinical indicators of patients with this diagnosis were sedentary lifestyle (97.1%); eating in response to internal suggestions (86.98%); obesity/overweight; and triceps skin fold (>25 mm) (99.3%). Eating in response to external suggestions was the most specific clinical indicator (70.1%). There was a statistically significant association between eating in response to internal suggestions besides hunger ( p = .022), overweight/obesity ( p < .001) ,and triceps skin fold >25 mm ( p = .014). Conclusion The clinical indicator with the highest sensitivity value (86.96%) for the diagnosis of imbalanced nutrition: greater than body requirements was eating in response to internal suggestions besides hunger. Indicators with the higher specificity value for this nursing diagnosis were obesity/overweight (98.73%) and triceps skin fold >25 mm (98.59%).