Open AccessThe Development and Evaluation of the Nutritional Risk Screening Tool for Preterm Infants from Birth to Corrected Age Four Months Old: A Pilot Study
Author(s) -
Xiaoying He,
Zhuobin Jiang,
Basma Nasr,
Chunli Wu,
Saijun Huang,
Pingming Gao,
Yanna Zhu
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
annals of nutrition and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.926
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1421-9697
pISSN - 0250-6807
DOI - 10.1159/000522320
Subject(s) - anthropometry , medicine , underweight , logistic regression , pediatrics , low birth weight , head circumference , birth weight , body mass index , pregnancy , overweight , genetics , biology
Premature infants are exceptionally vulnerable to nutrition-related diseases, and the utilization of standardized feeding guidelines may reduce nutritional practice variation, which can promote growth. Nutritional risk screening is the first step for standardized nutrition advice. However, risk screening tools specific for following up preterm infants are scarce. Hence, our study aimed to develop and evaluate a standardized Nutritional Risk Screening Tool for Preterm Infants (NRSP subscale 1) from birth to corrected age four months old .