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  • Title: The STRONG(kids) nutritional screening tool in hospitalized children: a validation study.
    Author: Huysentruyt K, Alliet P, Muyshont L, Rossignol R, Devreker T, Bontems P, Dejonckheere J, Vandenplas Y, De Schepper J.
    Journal: Nutrition; 2013; 29(11-12):1356-61. PubMed ID: 24103513.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: The STRONGkids is a nutritional screening tool for hospitalized children, which was found to predict a negative weight for height (WFH) standard deviation score (SDS) and a prolonged hospital length of stay (LOS) in a Dutch population of hospitalized children. This study aimed to test the ease of use and reproducibility of the STRONGkids, and to confirm its concurrent and prospective validity in a Belgian population of hospitalized children. METHODS: Reproducibility was tested in a cohort of 29 hospitalized children in a tertiary center and validity was tested in 368 children (105 hospitalized in a tertiary and 263 in three secondary hospitals) ages between 0.08 and 16.95 y (median 2.2 y). RESULTS: Substantial intrarater (κ = 0.66) and interrater (κ = 0.61) reliabilities were found between observations. STRONGkids scores correlated negatively with WFH SDS of the patients (ρ = -0.23; P < 0.01; odds ratio [OR], 2.47; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.11-5.49; P < 0.05). It had a sensitivity and negative predictive value (NPV) of respectively 71.9% and 94.8% to identify acutely undernourished children. STRONGkids did not correlate with weight loss during hospitalization, but correlated with LOS (ρ = 0.25; OR 1.96; 95% CI, 1.25-3.07; both P < 0.01) and the set-up of a nutritional intervention during hospitalization (OR, 18.93; 95% CI, 4.48-80.00; P < 0.01). The sensitivity and NPV to predict a LOS ≥ 4 d were respectively 62.6% and 72%, and respectively 94.6% and 98.9% to predict a nutritional intervention. CONCLUSIONS: STRONGkids is an easy-to-use screening tool. Children classified as "low risk" have a 5% probability of being acutely malnourished, with only a 1% probability of a nutritional intervention during hospitalization.
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