STUDY OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ROSSO-MARDONES AND ATALAH SCALES FOR NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT IN PREGNANCY. LA ERMITA CLINIC, CARTAGENA, 2017.

OBJECTIVE

To assess the degree of agreement between the model for maternal nutritional assessment proposed by Rosso-Mardones and the one proposed by Atalah.

METHODS

Diagnostic agreement study. Pregnant women between the ages of 19 and 37 years with a gestational age of 10 or more weeks were incuded; patients with diabetes, thyroid disease, pregnancy-associated hypertension, twin pregnancy, severe fetal malformation, fetal death and hydrops fetalis were excluded. Non-probabilistic sampling. Sociodemographic, obstetrical and nutritional status variables were measured.

RESULTS

Overall, 98 pregnant women were included. With the use of the Rosso-Mardones scale, 33% of the patients were classified as having a normal nutritional status, 22% as low weight, and 44% as overweight or obese. With the Atalah scale, 41% of the women were classified as having a normal nutritional status, 10% as low weight and 48% as overweight or obese. The weighted kappa value was 0.74 with a standard error of 0.04, a 95% CI of 0.66-0.82 and a p value < 0.05.

CONCLUSIONS

There is substantial agreement between nutritional assessment scales used in pregnancy, namely the Rosso-Mardones nomogram and the Atalah scale. Further studies to assess the agreement of these scales in the pregnant population are required.