Objective The Nutritional Risk Screening 2002(NRS 2002)was used to assess the nutritional risk of hospitalized oncology patients in China.This study explored the factors affecting the risk of nutrition to provide a sc...Objective The Nutritional Risk Screening 2002(NRS 2002)was used to assess the nutritional risk of hospitalized oncology patients in China.This study explored the factors affecting the risk of nutrition to provide a scientific basis for the assessment and treatment of malnutrition in oncology patients.Methods We used the NRS 2002 to evaluate the nutritional risk in 48,831 hospitalized cancer patients.Descriptive statistical methods were used to describe the general patient information.A Chi-squared test was applied to analyze the relationship between NRS 2002 scores and different demographic characteristics,and the NRS 2002 scores of cancer patients with different characteristics were compared by one-way ANOVA.Results Among 48,831 patients,43.3%were women and 57.7%were men,and 36.5%(17,802)of patients were at risk of nutrition(score≥3).The NRS 2002 score was the highest in leukemia patients(2.93±1.28).A one-way ANOVA revealed that the differences in NRS 2002 scores among patients of different gender,ages,TNM stages,education levels,occupations and areas of residence were statistically significant(P<0.001).Male patients had slightly higher NRS 2002 scores than females(2.33 vs.2.17).The lowest NRS 2002 scores were in patients aged 45-59(2.00±1.26)years and the highest scores were in patients aged≥70(2.76±1.43)years.The NRS 2002 score of patients receiving surgery was the highest(2.45±1.41),and patients receiving surgery plus radiotherapy/chemotherapy was the lowest(2.00±1.26).The risk of nutrition was highest in patients who were farmers(2.34±1.37 scores)and lowest in office staff(2.15±1.32 scores).Patients living in rural areas had the highest risk of nutrition(2.32±1.37 scores).There were significant differences in the NRS 2002 scores for different cancer sub-types for different ethnic groups(P<0.05),except for Zhuang individuals(P=0.124).The risk of nutrition was highest in Uyghur patients(3.35±1.33 scores)and lowest in Mongolians(2.04±1.37 scores).Conclusion More attention should be paid to people at high risk of nutrition,such as elderly patients,patients with a high TNM stage,patients receiving surgical treatment,and patients living in rural areas.Active nutritional interventions should be carried out to improve the nutritional status of malnourished patients.展开更多
Rational nutritional support shall be based on nutritional screening and nutritional assessment. This study is aimed to explore nutritional risk screening and its influencing factors of hospitalized patients in centra...Rational nutritional support shall be based on nutritional screening and nutritional assessment. This study is aimed to explore nutritional risk screening and its influencing factors of hospitalized patients in central urban area. It is helpful for the early detection of problems in nutritional supports, nutrition management and the implementation of intervention measures, which will contribute a lot to improving the patient's poor clinical outcome. A total of three tertiary medical institutions were enrolled in this study. From October 2015 to June 2016, 1202 hospitalized patients aged ≥18 years were enrolled in Nutrition Risk Screening 2002(NRS2002) for nutritional risk screening, including 8 cases who refused to participate, 5 cases of same-day surgery and 5 cases of coma. A single-factor chi-square test was performed on 312 patients with nutritional risk and 872 hospitalized patients without nutritional risk. Logistic regression analysis was performed with univariate analysis(P〈0.05), to investigate the incidence of nutritional risk and influencing factors. The incidence of nutritional risk was 26.35% in the inpatients, 25.90% in male and 26.84% in female, respectively. The single-factor analysis showed that the age ≥60, sleeping disorder, fasting, intraoperative bleeding, the surgery in recent month, digestive diseases, metabolic diseases and endocrine system diseases had significant effects on nutritional risk(P〈0.05). Having considered the above-mentioned factors as independent variables and nutritional risk(Y=1, N=0) as dependent variable, logistic regression analysis revealed that the age ≥60, fasting, sleeping disorders, the surgery in recent month and digestive diseases are hazardous factors for nutritional risk. Nutritional risk exists in hospitalized patients in central urban areas. Nutritional risk screening should be conducted for inpatients. Nutritional intervention programs should be formulated in consideration of those influencing factors, which enable to reduce the nutritional risk and to promote the rehabilitation of inpatients.展开更多
Background The use of nutritional risk screening and assessment is becoming increasingly common in cancer patients.The Nutritional Risk Screening 2002(NRS 2002)is a nutritional risk screening programe with good utilit...Background The use of nutritional risk screening and assessment is becoming increasingly common in cancer patients.The Nutritional Risk Screening 2002(NRS 2002)is a nutritional risk screening programe with good utility.The patient generated-subjective global assessment(PG-SGA)is a method used to assess the nutritional status of cancer patients.The prognostic nutritional index(PNI)and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio(NLR)are considered to be predictors of the prognosis following treatment for patients with a variety of cancers.However,the relationship between the PNI and NLR in the nutritional screening and assessment in patients with gastric cancer is unknown.Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on 378 patients with gastric cancer who underwent surgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University from August 2019 to December 2020.NRS 2002 and PG-SGA were performed within 24 hours of admission,and indicators such as the serum albumin level,body mass index(BMI),PNI and NLR were measured.Results In the grouping based on the NRS2002,patients in the positive group(NRS 2002≥3)had a higher platelet value,a higher median NLR,and a lower PNI than those in the negative group(NRS 2002<3)(295.50±118.49×10^(9)/L vs.269.36±93.52×10^(9)/L,2.38 vs.1.77,42.36±5.96 vs.46.64±4.29).Based on the PG-SGA grouping,the serum albumin level and lymphocyte count were highest in the mild group(PG-SGA:score 2-3),(36.94±3.51 g/L and 1.91±0.7610^(9)/L)and lowest within the severe group(PG SGA score≥9)(34.09±4.18 g/L and 1.51±0.6410^(9)/L).The BMI was highest in the mild group(23.35±3.00 kg/m^(2))and lowest in the severe group(20.63±2.97 kg/m^(2)),and the PNI was also highest in the mild group(46.50±5.17)and lowest in the severe group(41.64±5.53).However,the NLR was lowest in the mild group(median 1.91)and highest in the severe group(median 2.44).Conclusion The PNI and NLR in gastric cancer patients are closely related to the results of the nutritional risk screening and assessment,suggesting that they may be useful to guide the nutritional interventions for gastric cancer patients.展开更多
Objective:To investigate the clinical value of using preoperative nutritional risk screening and support in gastric cancer patients.Methods:In this paper,70 gastric cancer patients selected from July 2017 to July 2020...Objective:To investigate the clinical value of using preoperative nutritional risk screening and support in gastric cancer patients.Methods:In this paper,70 gastric cancer patients selected from July 2017 to July 2020 treated in our hospital were grouped concerning the lottery method,and the reference group(n=35)used conventional nutritional support,while the experimental group(n=35)used preoperative dietary risk screening and support,comparing the clinical treatment differences between gastric cancer patients in the experimental group and the reference group.Results:After the intervention,IgA,IgM,IgG,serum albumin,complication rate,NRS score,hospitalization time and anal exhaust time of gastric cancer patients in the experimental group were compared with those in the reference group,P<0.05,and there was statistical validation analysis significance between the data indicators.P<0.05 for the comparison of IgA,IgM,IgG,serum albumin after the intervention and pre-intervention for gastric cancer patients in the experimental group and the reference group,with statistical validation analysis significance between the data indicators.Conclusion:Preoperative nutritional risk screening and support is of significant value in gastric cancer patients and can improve patients’nutritional status.展开更多
Objective The aim of this study was to determine whether low calf circumference(CC) could predict nutritional risk and the cutoff values of CC for predicting nutritional risk in hospitalized patients aged ≥ 80 years....Objective The aim of this study was to determine whether low calf circumference(CC) could predict nutritional risk and the cutoff values of CC for predicting nutritional risk in hospitalized patients aged ≥ 80 years.Methods A total of 1,234 consecutive patients aged ≥ 80 years were enrolled in this study.On admission, demographic data, CC, and laboratory parameters were obtained.Patients with Nutritional Risk Screening 2002(NRS-2002) total score ≥ 3 were considered as having nutritional risk.Results CC values were significantly lower in patients with nutritional risk compared to those in patients without nutritional risk [27.00(24.50-31.00) vs.31.00(29.00-33.50], P < 0.001].CC was negatively correlated with age and nutritional risk scores.Logistic regression analysis of nutritional risk revealed that body mass index, albumin level, hemoglobin level, cerebral infarction, neoplasms, and CC(OR, 0.897;95% confidence interval, 0.856-0.941;P < 0.001) were independent impact factors of nutritional risk.Nutritional risk scores increased with a decrease in CC.In men, the best CC cutoff value for predicting nutritional risk according to the NRS-2002 was 29.75 cm.In women, the cutoff value was 28.25 cm.Conclusion CC is a simple, noninvasive, and valid anthropometric measure to predict nutritional risk for hospitalized patients aged ≥ 80 years.展开更多
BACKGROUND:Nutritional risk is common among patients admitted to the emergency department and is associated with adverse clinical outcomes.Despite its large population,few comprehensive studies have been conducted in ...BACKGROUND:Nutritional risk is common among patients admitted to the emergency department and is associated with adverse clinical outcomes.Despite its large population,few comprehensive studies have been conducted in China concerning the nutritional status of patients admitted to emergency department observation units(EDOUs).METHODS:Patients admitted to EDOUs of 90 tertiary hospitals in China between June 2020 and December 2020 were enrolled.Demographic information,laboratory parameters,nutritional support therapies,and 28-day mortality were recorded.Risk factors for mortality were examined using multi-variateadjusted logistic regression analysis.Receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curves for each predictor of mortality were plotted,and the area under the ROC(AUROC)curves was compared.RESULTS:A total of 2,005 eligible patients were finally enrolled.At the 28-day follow-up,1,911 patients survived,and 94 died.The group with a Nutritional Risk Screening 2002(NRS 2002)score of 3-4 points was the largest(52.01%).The number of patients receiving oral nutritional supplements,enteral nutrition(EN),parenteral nutrition(PN),and the combination of EN and PN was 425,314,853,and 413,respectively.Among the total,77.55%of patients had nutritional risk(NRS 2002≥3).The proportion of patients with high nutritional risk(NRS2002≥5)in the age group>80 years was significantly higher than that in the age group 66-80 years(29.00%vs.23.93%,P=0.032),but not significantly higher than that in the age group 18-65 years(29.00%vs.26.54%,P=0.449).Logistic regression analysis revealed that heart failure(odds ratio[OR]1.856,95%confidence interval[CI]1.087-3.167,P=0.023),consciousness(OR 2.967,95%CI 1.894-4.648,P<0.001),Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II(APACHE II)score(OR 1.037,95%CI 1.017-1.058,P<0.001),NRS 2002 score(OR 1.286,95%CI 1.115-1.483,P=0.001),and Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form score(OR 0.946,95%CI 0.898-0.997,P=0.039)were all independent risk factors for 28-day mortality.APACHE II and NRS 2002 scores were superior to other predictors according to the comparison of AUROC.CONCLUSIONS:Nutritional risk is prevalent among older patients in EDOUs in China.APACHE II and NRS 2002 scores are important risk factors for mortality in patients admitted to the EDOU.Timely and appropriate nutritional screening and support measures are critical to reduce patients’length of hospital stay and mortality.展开更多
Objective To investigate the prevalence of nutritional risk, undernutrition, overweight/obesity, and the application of nutritional support among geriatrics so as to provide evidence for whether elderly inpatients wit...Objective To investigate the prevalence of nutritional risk, undernutrition, overweight/obesity, and the application of nutritional support among geriatrics so as to provide evidence for whether elderly inpatients with undernutrition and nutritional risk should receive timely nutritional support. Methods A total of 445 elderly inpatients in the Department of Geriatrics of Peking University People’s Hospital were consecutively enrolled from July 2010 to June 2011. The Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002) questionnaire was used on the second day after admission. The application of nutritional support was investigated on the 14th day or the discharge day. The relationship between the nutritional risk and nutritional support was analyzed. A NRS 2002 score ≥ 3 was defined as nutritional risk. A body mass index (BMI)< 18.5 kg/m2 was defined as malnutrition, 24.0 kg/m2 ≤ BMI < 28.0 kg/m2 as overweight, and a BMI ≥ 28.0 kg/m2 as obese. Results A total of 445 patients were enrolled and 423 patients (95.1%) completed the NRS 2002. The prevalence of undernutrition and nutritional risk was 4.7% and 13.2%, respectively. Among 230 patients who were overweight/obese, the prevalence of nutritional risk was 6.1%. In total, 15 of the 56 patients (26.8%) with NRS 2002 scores ≥ 3 received nutritional support, and 14 patients (3.8%) with NRS 2002 scores < 3 also received nutritional support. The average PN: EN ratio was 1.6:1. Conclusion A certain proportion of elderly inpatients in the department of geriatrics were experiencing undernutrition or were at nutritional risk. The prevalence of nutritional risk did not increase significantly with age. The current application of nutritional therapy is inappropriate. Evidence-based guidelines are required to improve this situation. The NRS 2002 may not applicable for overweight/obese elderly inpatients.展开更多
基金the National Key Research and Development Program[Grant 2017YFC1309200]Henan University Science and Technology Innovation Talents Support Program[Grant 19HASTIT005].
文摘Objective The Nutritional Risk Screening 2002(NRS 2002)was used to assess the nutritional risk of hospitalized oncology patients in China.This study explored the factors affecting the risk of nutrition to provide a scientific basis for the assessment and treatment of malnutrition in oncology patients.Methods We used the NRS 2002 to evaluate the nutritional risk in 48,831 hospitalized cancer patients.Descriptive statistical methods were used to describe the general patient information.A Chi-squared test was applied to analyze the relationship between NRS 2002 scores and different demographic characteristics,and the NRS 2002 scores of cancer patients with different characteristics were compared by one-way ANOVA.Results Among 48,831 patients,43.3%were women and 57.7%were men,and 36.5%(17,802)of patients were at risk of nutrition(score≥3).The NRS 2002 score was the highest in leukemia patients(2.93±1.28).A one-way ANOVA revealed that the differences in NRS 2002 scores among patients of different gender,ages,TNM stages,education levels,occupations and areas of residence were statistically significant(P<0.001).Male patients had slightly higher NRS 2002 scores than females(2.33 vs.2.17).The lowest NRS 2002 scores were in patients aged 45-59(2.00±1.26)years and the highest scores were in patients aged≥70(2.76±1.43)years.The NRS 2002 score of patients receiving surgery was the highest(2.45±1.41),and patients receiving surgery plus radiotherapy/chemotherapy was the lowest(2.00±1.26).The risk of nutrition was highest in patients who were farmers(2.34±1.37 scores)and lowest in office staff(2.15±1.32 scores).Patients living in rural areas had the highest risk of nutrition(2.32±1.37 scores).There were significant differences in the NRS 2002 scores for different cancer sub-types for different ethnic groups(P<0.05),except for Zhuang individuals(P=0.124).The risk of nutrition was highest in Uyghur patients(3.35±1.33 scores)and lowest in Mongolians(2.04±1.37 scores).Conclusion More attention should be paid to people at high risk of nutrition,such as elderly patients,patients with a high TNM stage,patients receiving surgical treatment,and patients living in rural areas.Active nutritional interventions should be carried out to improve the nutritional status of malnourished patients.
基金supported by Soft Science Application Program of Wuhan Scientific and Technological Bureau of China(No.2016040306010211)
文摘Rational nutritional support shall be based on nutritional screening and nutritional assessment. This study is aimed to explore nutritional risk screening and its influencing factors of hospitalized patients in central urban area. It is helpful for the early detection of problems in nutritional supports, nutrition management and the implementation of intervention measures, which will contribute a lot to improving the patient's poor clinical outcome. A total of three tertiary medical institutions were enrolled in this study. From October 2015 to June 2016, 1202 hospitalized patients aged ≥18 years were enrolled in Nutrition Risk Screening 2002(NRS2002) for nutritional risk screening, including 8 cases who refused to participate, 5 cases of same-day surgery and 5 cases of coma. A single-factor chi-square test was performed on 312 patients with nutritional risk and 872 hospitalized patients without nutritional risk. Logistic regression analysis was performed with univariate analysis(P〈0.05), to investigate the incidence of nutritional risk and influencing factors. The incidence of nutritional risk was 26.35% in the inpatients, 25.90% in male and 26.84% in female, respectively. The single-factor analysis showed that the age ≥60, sleeping disorder, fasting, intraoperative bleeding, the surgery in recent month, digestive diseases, metabolic diseases and endocrine system diseases had significant effects on nutritional risk(P〈0.05). Having considered the above-mentioned factors as independent variables and nutritional risk(Y=1, N=0) as dependent variable, logistic regression analysis revealed that the age ≥60, fasting, sleeping disorders, the surgery in recent month and digestive diseases are hazardous factors for nutritional risk. Nutritional risk exists in hospitalized patients in central urban areas. Nutritional risk screening should be conducted for inpatients. Nutritional intervention programs should be formulated in consideration of those influencing factors, which enable to reduce the nutritional risk and to promote the rehabilitation of inpatients.
基金supported by the Guangxi Medical and Health Appropriate Technology Development and Promotion Application Project:“Study on the correlation between perioperative nutritional status and vitamin D and C levels and inflammatory factors in patients with gastric cancer”(No.S2021096)“Combined application of biochemical indicators for nutritional therapy in perioperative patients with gastric cancer”(No.S2017018).
文摘Background The use of nutritional risk screening and assessment is becoming increasingly common in cancer patients.The Nutritional Risk Screening 2002(NRS 2002)is a nutritional risk screening programe with good utility.The patient generated-subjective global assessment(PG-SGA)is a method used to assess the nutritional status of cancer patients.The prognostic nutritional index(PNI)and neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio(NLR)are considered to be predictors of the prognosis following treatment for patients with a variety of cancers.However,the relationship between the PNI and NLR in the nutritional screening and assessment in patients with gastric cancer is unknown.Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on 378 patients with gastric cancer who underwent surgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University from August 2019 to December 2020.NRS 2002 and PG-SGA were performed within 24 hours of admission,and indicators such as the serum albumin level,body mass index(BMI),PNI and NLR were measured.Results In the grouping based on the NRS2002,patients in the positive group(NRS 2002≥3)had a higher platelet value,a higher median NLR,and a lower PNI than those in the negative group(NRS 2002<3)(295.50±118.49×10^(9)/L vs.269.36±93.52×10^(9)/L,2.38 vs.1.77,42.36±5.96 vs.46.64±4.29).Based on the PG-SGA grouping,the serum albumin level and lymphocyte count were highest in the mild group(PG-SGA:score 2-3),(36.94±3.51 g/L and 1.91±0.7610^(9)/L)and lowest within the severe group(PG SGA score≥9)(34.09±4.18 g/L and 1.51±0.6410^(9)/L).The BMI was highest in the mild group(23.35±3.00 kg/m^(2))and lowest in the severe group(20.63±2.97 kg/m^(2)),and the PNI was also highest in the mild group(46.50±5.17)and lowest in the severe group(41.64±5.53).However,the NLR was lowest in the mild group(median 1.91)and highest in the severe group(median 2.44).Conclusion The PNI and NLR in gastric cancer patients are closely related to the results of the nutritional risk screening and assessment,suggesting that they may be useful to guide the nutritional interventions for gastric cancer patients.
文摘Objective:To investigate the clinical value of using preoperative nutritional risk screening and support in gastric cancer patients.Methods:In this paper,70 gastric cancer patients selected from July 2017 to July 2020 treated in our hospital were grouped concerning the lottery method,and the reference group(n=35)used conventional nutritional support,while the experimental group(n=35)used preoperative dietary risk screening and support,comparing the clinical treatment differences between gastric cancer patients in the experimental group and the reference group.Results:After the intervention,IgA,IgM,IgG,serum albumin,complication rate,NRS score,hospitalization time and anal exhaust time of gastric cancer patients in the experimental group were compared with those in the reference group,P<0.05,and there was statistical validation analysis significance between the data indicators.P<0.05 for the comparison of IgA,IgM,IgG,serum albumin after the intervention and pre-intervention for gastric cancer patients in the experimental group and the reference group,with statistical validation analysis significance between the data indicators.Conclusion:Preoperative nutritional risk screening and support is of significant value in gastric cancer patients and can improve patients’nutritional status.
文摘Objective The aim of this study was to determine whether low calf circumference(CC) could predict nutritional risk and the cutoff values of CC for predicting nutritional risk in hospitalized patients aged ≥ 80 years.Methods A total of 1,234 consecutive patients aged ≥ 80 years were enrolled in this study.On admission, demographic data, CC, and laboratory parameters were obtained.Patients with Nutritional Risk Screening 2002(NRS-2002) total score ≥ 3 were considered as having nutritional risk.Results CC values were significantly lower in patients with nutritional risk compared to those in patients without nutritional risk [27.00(24.50-31.00) vs.31.00(29.00-33.50], P < 0.001].CC was negatively correlated with age and nutritional risk scores.Logistic regression analysis of nutritional risk revealed that body mass index, albumin level, hemoglobin level, cerebral infarction, neoplasms, and CC(OR, 0.897;95% confidence interval, 0.856-0.941;P < 0.001) were independent impact factors of nutritional risk.Nutritional risk scores increased with a decrease in CC.In men, the best CC cutoff value for predicting nutritional risk according to the NRS-2002 was 29.75 cm.In women, the cutoff value was 28.25 cm.Conclusion CC is a simple, noninvasive, and valid anthropometric measure to predict nutritional risk for hospitalized patients aged ≥ 80 years.
基金supported by the research fund of“Clinical Application Value Exploration of Standard Diagnosis and Treatment Pathway and the Database of Clinical Decision Support System for Acute Pancreatitis in Emergency Department”the support from FRESENIUS KABI SSPC。
文摘BACKGROUND:Nutritional risk is common among patients admitted to the emergency department and is associated with adverse clinical outcomes.Despite its large population,few comprehensive studies have been conducted in China concerning the nutritional status of patients admitted to emergency department observation units(EDOUs).METHODS:Patients admitted to EDOUs of 90 tertiary hospitals in China between June 2020 and December 2020 were enrolled.Demographic information,laboratory parameters,nutritional support therapies,and 28-day mortality were recorded.Risk factors for mortality were examined using multi-variateadjusted logistic regression analysis.Receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curves for each predictor of mortality were plotted,and the area under the ROC(AUROC)curves was compared.RESULTS:A total of 2,005 eligible patients were finally enrolled.At the 28-day follow-up,1,911 patients survived,and 94 died.The group with a Nutritional Risk Screening 2002(NRS 2002)score of 3-4 points was the largest(52.01%).The number of patients receiving oral nutritional supplements,enteral nutrition(EN),parenteral nutrition(PN),and the combination of EN and PN was 425,314,853,and 413,respectively.Among the total,77.55%of patients had nutritional risk(NRS 2002≥3).The proportion of patients with high nutritional risk(NRS2002≥5)in the age group>80 years was significantly higher than that in the age group 66-80 years(29.00%vs.23.93%,P=0.032),but not significantly higher than that in the age group 18-65 years(29.00%vs.26.54%,P=0.449).Logistic regression analysis revealed that heart failure(odds ratio[OR]1.856,95%confidence interval[CI]1.087-3.167,P=0.023),consciousness(OR 2.967,95%CI 1.894-4.648,P<0.001),Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II(APACHE II)score(OR 1.037,95%CI 1.017-1.058,P<0.001),NRS 2002 score(OR 1.286,95%CI 1.115-1.483,P=0.001),and Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form score(OR 0.946,95%CI 0.898-0.997,P=0.039)were all independent risk factors for 28-day mortality.APACHE II and NRS 2002 scores were superior to other predictors according to the comparison of AUROC.CONCLUSIONS:Nutritional risk is prevalent among older patients in EDOUs in China.APACHE II and NRS 2002 scores are important risk factors for mortality in patients admitted to the EDOU.Timely and appropriate nutritional screening and support measures are critical to reduce patients’length of hospital stay and mortality.
文摘Objective To investigate the prevalence of nutritional risk, undernutrition, overweight/obesity, and the application of nutritional support among geriatrics so as to provide evidence for whether elderly inpatients with undernutrition and nutritional risk should receive timely nutritional support. Methods A total of 445 elderly inpatients in the Department of Geriatrics of Peking University People’s Hospital were consecutively enrolled from July 2010 to June 2011. The Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002) questionnaire was used on the second day after admission. The application of nutritional support was investigated on the 14th day or the discharge day. The relationship between the nutritional risk and nutritional support was analyzed. A NRS 2002 score ≥ 3 was defined as nutritional risk. A body mass index (BMI)< 18.5 kg/m2 was defined as malnutrition, 24.0 kg/m2 ≤ BMI < 28.0 kg/m2 as overweight, and a BMI ≥ 28.0 kg/m2 as obese. Results A total of 445 patients were enrolled and 423 patients (95.1%) completed the NRS 2002. The prevalence of undernutrition and nutritional risk was 4.7% and 13.2%, respectively. Among 230 patients who were overweight/obese, the prevalence of nutritional risk was 6.1%. In total, 15 of the 56 patients (26.8%) with NRS 2002 scores ≥ 3 received nutritional support, and 14 patients (3.8%) with NRS 2002 scores < 3 also received nutritional support. The average PN: EN ratio was 1.6:1. Conclusion A certain proportion of elderly inpatients in the department of geriatrics were experiencing undernutrition or were at nutritional risk. The prevalence of nutritional risk did not increase significantly with age. The current application of nutritional therapy is inappropriate. Evidence-based guidelines are required to improve this situation. The NRS 2002 may not applicable for overweight/obese elderly inpatients.