Development of simplified body mass index–based field charts to assess nutritional status and weight gain in adult patients with tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) is a cause and effect of undernutrition. Patients with active TB in India have a high prevalence of severe undernutrition, an important comorbidity, which increases the risk of mortality, serious adverse effects, relapses after cure and impairs functional status. The World Health O...

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Main Authors: Madhavi Bhargava, Anurag Bhargava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
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Online Access:http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2019;volume=8;issue=1;spage=115;epage=119;aulast=Bhargava
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spelling doaj-e12d1fd85b19402aba6e4c4a62870bbe2020-11-25T01:13:38ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632019-01-018111511910.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_226_18Development of simplified body mass index–based field charts to assess nutritional status and weight gain in adult patients with tuberculosisMadhavi BhargavaAnurag BhargavaTuberculosis (TB) is a cause and effect of undernutrition. Patients with active TB in India have a high prevalence of severe undernutrition, an important comorbidity, which increases the risk of mortality, serious adverse effects, relapses after cure and impairs functional status. The World Health Organization and Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme have now recommended that nutritional assessment, counseling, and support be considered as integral parts of TB care. Nutritional assessment requires calculations of body mass index (BMI) to classify severity of undernutrition at diagnosis and ascertain nutritional recovery at follow-up. We present BMI-based field charts constructed for use by healthcare workers which obviate calculations of BMI and provide weights corresponding to BMI categories, and body weight corresponding to a desirable BMI of 21 kg/m2. These simplified BMI-based field charts will enable appropriate assessment, counseling, and monitoring of undernourished patients with active TB by peripheral health workers in programmatic settings.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2019;volume=8;issue=1;spage=115;epage=119;aulast=BhargavaBody mass indexdirect benefit transfernutritional assessmenttuberculosisundernutrition
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Development of simplified body mass index–based field charts to assess nutritional status and weight gain in adult patients with tuberculosis
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Body mass index
direct benefit transfer
nutritional assessment
tuberculosis
undernutrition
author_facet Madhavi Bhargava
Anurag Bhargava
author_sort Madhavi Bhargava
title Development of simplified body mass index–based field charts to assess nutritional status and weight gain in adult patients with tuberculosis
title_short Development of simplified body mass index–based field charts to assess nutritional status and weight gain in adult patients with tuberculosis
title_full Development of simplified body mass index–based field charts to assess nutritional status and weight gain in adult patients with tuberculosis
title_fullStr Development of simplified body mass index–based field charts to assess nutritional status and weight gain in adult patients with tuberculosis
title_full_unstemmed Development of simplified body mass index–based field charts to assess nutritional status and weight gain in adult patients with tuberculosis
title_sort development of simplified body mass index–based field charts to assess nutritional status and weight gain in adult patients with tuberculosis
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
issn 2249-4863
publishDate 2019-01-01
description Tuberculosis (TB) is a cause and effect of undernutrition. Patients with active TB in India have a high prevalence of severe undernutrition, an important comorbidity, which increases the risk of mortality, serious adverse effects, relapses after cure and impairs functional status. The World Health Organization and Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme have now recommended that nutritional assessment, counseling, and support be considered as integral parts of TB care. Nutritional assessment requires calculations of body mass index (BMI) to classify severity of undernutrition at diagnosis and ascertain nutritional recovery at follow-up. We present BMI-based field charts constructed for use by healthcare workers which obviate calculations of BMI and provide weights corresponding to BMI categories, and body weight corresponding to a desirable BMI of 21 kg/m2. These simplified BMI-based field charts will enable appropriate assessment, counseling, and monitoring of undernourished patients with active TB by peripheral health workers in programmatic settings.
topic Body mass index
direct benefit transfer
nutritional assessment
tuberculosis
undernutrition
url http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2019;volume=8;issue=1;spage=115;epage=119;aulast=Bhargava
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