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. 2022 Feb;3(1):e153.
doi: 10.1097/pg9.0000000000000153.

Health-Related Social Needs Facing Youth with NonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Sarah Orkin  1   2 , Toshifumi Yodoshi  1 , Qin Sun  3 , Lin Fei  3   2 , Syeda Meryum  1 , Sanita Ley  4   2 , Ana Catalina Arce-Clachar  1   2 , Kristin Bramlage  1 , Stavra Xanthakos  1   2 , Robert Kahn  5 , Andrew F Beck  2   6   5   7 , Marialena Mouzaki  1   2
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Health-Related Social Needs Facing Youth with NonAlcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Sarah Orkin et al. JPGN Rep. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

Background: The objective of this study was to identify the prevalence of health-related social needs among youth with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Methods: Retrospective review of prospectively administered health-related social needs questionnaires from Steatohepatitis Clinics.

Results: Patients with NAFLD (n=271) were predominantly male (72%), and non-Hispanic (68%). The most common unmet need was food insecurity (13%, n=36). Families who endorsed food insecurity at the first visit were 27-fold more likely to have unmet health-related social needs persist at subsequent visits than those who were food-secure at their first visit (95% CI: 6.7-111).

Conclusion: Screening for social, economic, and environmental needs may identify previously unrecognized family challenges and may enhance intervention delivery, inform resource allocation, and improve outcomes.

Keywords: fatty liver; food insecurity; socioeconomic status.

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Conflict of interest statement

Financial Disclosure: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to this article to disclose

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Maximum educational attainment of parents of patients (n = 250).
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Breakdown of types of health-related social needs present.
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