Association between malnutrition diagnosed by different screening and assessment tools and clinical outcomes: an umbrella review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malnutrition can lead to adverse clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients, timely and accurate diagnosis of malnutrition is crucial for initiating early nutritional support programs. To assess the correlation between malnutrition diagnosed by different malnutrition diagnostic tools and patients' clinical outcomes.

Methods

Meta-analyses of the associations between malnutrition and patients' clinical outcomes were screened and included by searching databases. For each association, this study used fixed and random effects models, calculated 95% CI (confidence intervals) and 95% PI (prediction intervals), and assessed heterogeneity, evidence of small-study effects, and excess significance bias.

Results

A total of 138 meta-analyses were included in this study,

SUBMITTER: Li Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12545068 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature