Impact of a complex medical dietetic service on adult patient clinical outcomes

No clinically significant weight loss (>5%) was observed in any of the subcategories. However, only 36% of the inpatients had their weight measured on first dietetic assessment and before discharge, which might have skewed the results. Therefore, collecting other measurements such as handgrip strength or middle upper arm circumference in the future may more accurately reflect nutritional status and overcome the limitation of lacking body weight measures. The improved response time to referrals may have positively impacted the nutritional status of these inpatients.