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: Received: 5 September 2022 / Approved: 7 September 2022 / Online: 7 September 2022 (11:06:27 CEST)
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Anari, R.; Nikooyeh, B.; Mohseni, H.; Neyestani, T.R. Prevalence of Malnutrition in Eastern Mediterranean Hospitals: Protocol of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Preprints2022, 2022090111. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202209.0111.v1
Anari, R.; Nikooyeh, B.; Mohseni, H.; Neyestani, T.R. Prevalence of Malnutrition in Eastern Mediterranean Hospitals: Protocol of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Preprints 2022, 2022090111. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202209.0111.v1
Anari, R.; Nikooyeh, B.; Mohseni, H.; Neyestani, T.R. Prevalence of Malnutrition in Eastern Mediterranean Hospitals: Protocol of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Preprints2022, 2022090111. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202209.0111.v1
APA Style
Anari, R., Nikooyeh, B., Mohseni, H., & Neyestani, T.R. (2022). Prevalence of Malnutrition in Eastern Mediterranean Hospitals: Protocol of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202209.0111.v1
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Anari, R., Houra Mohseni and Tirang Reza Neyestani. 2022 "Prevalence of Malnutrition in Eastern Mediterranean Hospitals: Protocol of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202209.0111.v1
Abstract
Background: Malnutrition has negative consequences in hospitals, like poor disease recovery,increased mortality, length of hospitalization, readmission, and health care costs.Aims: This review was designed to determine malnutrition prevalence in hospitals located in eastern Mediterranean region (EMR).Study design: To conduct this systematic review, papers, including original articles, related references and conference proceedings on the prevalence of malnutrition in adult hospitalized patients published in international journals and scientific databases from 1 Jan 2017 to 31 Jan 2022 will be included. The following keywords and their alternatives will be used in the literature search: malnutrition, patient, and EMR. The protocol has been registered at PROSPERO (code: CRD42022339426).Methods: After initial screening based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, the full text articles will be read carefully and eligible documents will be selected according to the defined objectives. Afterward, the selected papers will be reviewed for methodological quality and the required information will be extracted. Finally, in case of sufficient data, a meta-analysis will be performed. Screening, selection, quality assessment, and data extraction will be done by at least two independent reviewers.Results: This review is ongoing and will be completed until the end of year 2023.Conclusion: This review aims to provide comprehensive evidence about the prevalence of malnutrition among adult inpatients in EMR hospitals. This can provide regional authorities, health managers and policy makers good information regarding current status to make appropriate decisions for promoting the health status in hospitals.
Medicine and Pharmacology, Dietetics and Nutrition
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