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    Comparison of nutritional screening tools in pediatric oncology patients receiving chemotherapy treatment
    (Elsevier Science Inc, 2025) Meral, Buket; Kangalgil, Melda; Erduran, Erol
    Background: Malnutrition in pediatric oncology patients is a complex and multifactorial process, and the most appropriate screening tool to determine the risk of malnutrition is not clear. The study aimed to compare the Screening Tool for Risk on Nutritional Status and Growth (StrongKids), Pediatric Yorkhill Malnutrition Score (PYMS), Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Pediatrics (STAMP), which are commonly used in the general pediatric population, with the Nutrition Screening Tool for Childhood Cancer (SCAN), which was specifically validated for pediatric cancer, in determining the risk of malnutrition. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 92 children aged 2-18 years who were admitted to the hematology- oncology unit and were receiving chemotherapy. The prevalence of nutritional risk was determined using the SCAN, StrongKids, PYMS, STAMP, and anthropometric assessments were performed. Sensitivity and specificity values, and the degree of agreement between screening tools were calculated. Result: The SCAN identified nutritional risk in 69.6 % of the children. According to StrongKids, PYMS and STAMP, the high nutritional risk in children was 43.5 %, 56.5 % and 64.1 %, respectively. The sensitivity of STAMP (81.2 %) was higher than that of StrongKids (60.9 %) and PYMS (79.7 %). The specificity of StrongKids, PYMS and STAMP was 96.4 %, 96.4 %, and 75.0 %, respectively. There was substantial agreement between SCAN and PYMS. Conclusion: PYMS has the best specificity and sensitivity in identifying patients at risk of malnutrition as determined by SCAN. Implications for practice: In addition to anthropometric measurements, population-specific or highly sensitive nutritional screening tools should be used to determine the risk of malnutrition. (c) 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.
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    Validity of a nutrition screening tool for childhood cancer
    (Wiley, 2024) Kangalgil, Melda; Meral, Buket; Alford, Alexia J. Murphy; Erduran, Erol
    BackgroundMalnutrition in pediatric oncology patients is a serious clinical condition. There is a need for standardized nutrition screening in pediatric oncology patients, as nutrition screening can offer a simple method to identify children with cancer at risk of malnutrition. This study aimed to determine the validity of a Turkish version of nutrition screening tool for childhood cancer (SCAN) in identifying the risk of malnutrition among children with cancer.Materials and MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted with 78 children with cancer admitted to the pediatric hematology-oncology unit of a university hospital. In the first stage of this study, SCAN was translated into Turkish, and in the second stage, the validity of SCAN against pediatric Subjective Global Nutritional Assessment (SGNA) and Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (AND/ASPEN) malnutrition criteria were evaluated.ResultsPatients had a median age of 8.0 years (range, 2-18 years; IQR, 5-14 years), 61.5% were male, and 60.3% were diagnosed with leukemia. According to SCAN, 53.8% had high risk of malnutrition. Validation of SCAN against pediatric SGNA showed that SCAN has a sensitivity of 97.5%, specificity of 94.5%, and accuracy of 96.1%.ConclusionThe risk of malnutrition is common in children with cancer. The Turkish version of the SCAN is a simple, quick, and valid tool to determine the risk of malnutrition in children with cancer. Further research is needed to understand the impact of nutrition interventions on clinical outcomes in children at risk for malnutrition based on SCAN.