Hydration Screening Tool Assessment for Nutrition Screening

Question: Discuss about theHydration Screening Tool Assessment for Nutrition Screening. Answer: The hydration screening tool was used primarily owing to its benefits of establishing the state of hydration of 50 respondents, and documenting it in a supportable and objective way. An analysis of the responses indicates that around 10% men and women gave similar responses that they do not drink more than 9 cups of water per day. While 10% men stated that they consume around 12 cups of water, the amount is comparatively higher for women (20%). Majority of women do not eat more than 8 servings of vegetables and fruits per day, when compared to men. However, 6% of the former eat more than the determined servings, in comparison to 4% men. Rates of alcoholic beverages and hot beverage consumption per day was significantly higher among men (3% and 17% respectively), than female participants (2% and 14% respectively). More number of women gave negative response towards consumption of alcohol and hot beverages. However, consumption of cold beverages was found in higher rates among women (2 0%) than men (14%). Upon calculating the total hydration scores it was found that maximum number of men had an average score of 0-2, which indicated that they are hydrated. Rates of hydration among women were less (5%). Distinct differences existed in the number of moderately hydrated men and women (8% for men and 21% for women, respectively). Similar percentage was presented by equal number of participants present at risk of dehydration (3% for both). Thus, it can be analyzed that participants who were hydrated regularly consumed food substances that contain water or associated constituent elements, and do not need dietary changes. However, moderately hydrated participants had inadequate voluntary food intake that was not able to meet the fluid deficits in body properly. They should adopt a conscious effort in consuming more fluids to balance the hydration status. Moreover, participants at risk of dehydration are also required to increase their fluid intake, have fruits and vegetables, and soups. Failu re to replace lost fluids might increase their likelihood of getting affected with the range of health complications. Therefore, maintaining hydration status of the human body is of utmost importance.