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Totland TH, Krogh HW, Smedshaug GB, Tornes RA, Bye A, Paur I. Harmonization and standardization of malnutrition screening for all adults - A systematic review initiated by the Norwegian Directorate of Health. Clin Nutr ESPEN 2022; 52:32-49. [PMID: 36513471 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2022.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2022] [Revised: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS The Norwegian Directorate of Health has identified a need to harmonize and standardize the malnutrition screening practice in Norwegian hospitals and primary health care settings, in order to provide a seamless communication of malnutrition screening along the patient pathway. Our aim was to perform a systematic review of the validity and reliability of screening tools used to identify risk of malnutrition across health care settings, diagnoses or conditions and adult age groups, as a first step towards a national recommendation of one screening tool. METHODS A systematic literature search for articles evaluating validity, agreement, and reliability of malnutrition screening tools, published up to August 2020, was conducted in: MEDLINE, Embase, APA PsycInfo, Cinahl, Cochrane Databases, Web of Science, Epistemonikos, SveMed+, and Norart. The systematic review was registered in PROSPERO (CRD42022300558). For critical appraisal of each included article, the Quality Criteria Checklist by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics was used. RESULTS The review identified 105 articles that fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The most frequently validated tools were Mini Nutritional Assessment short form (MNA), Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST), and Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002). MNA, MST and NRS-2002 displayed overall moderate validity, and MUST low validity. All four tools displayed low agreement. MST and MUST were validated across health care settings and age groups. In general, data on reliability was limited. CONCLUSIONS The screening tools MST and NRS-2002 displayed moderate validity for the identification of malnutrition in adults, of which MST is validated across health care settings. In addition, MNA has moderate validity for the identification of malnutrition in adults 65 years or older.
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- Torunn Holm Totland
- Department of Non-Communicable Diseases, Division of Prevention and Public Health, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Oslo, Norway; Department of Physical Health and Ageing, Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Non-Communicable Diseases, Division of Prevention and Public Health, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Non-Communicable Diseases, Division of Prevention and Public Health, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway; European Palliative Care Research Centre (PRC), Dept. of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Non-Communicable Diseases, Division of Prevention and Public Health, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Oslo, Norway; Norwegian Advisory Unit on Disease-related Undernutrition, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Dept. of Clinical Services, Division of Cancer Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Huang Y, Ma J, Jiang B, Yang N, Fu F, Chen X, Liu C, Miao X, Mao H, Zheng R, Wang J, Ding K, Zhang X. Effect of nutritional risk on cognitive function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Int Med Res 2021; 49:300060521990127. [PMID: 33535842 PMCID: PMC7869158 DOI: 10.1177/0300060521990127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Objective We aimed to clarify the cognitive function of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and different nutritional status. Methods Among 95 patients with COPD in this retrospective study, we administered the Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002) and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). We recorded patients’ clinical characteristics, comorbidities, and laboratory measurements. According to NRS 2002 scores, patients were divided into two groups: no nutritional risk with NRS 2002 < 3 (n = 54) and nutritional risk, with NRS 2002 ≥ 3 (n = 41). Results We found a negative correlation between NRS 2002 and MMSE scores in participants with COPD (r = −0.313). Patients with nutritional risk were more likely to be cognitively impaired than those with no nutritional risk. Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that malnutrition was an independent risk factor for cognitive impairment, after adjusting for confounders (odds ratio [OR] = 4.120, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.072–15.837). We found a similar association between NRS 2002 and MMSE scores at 90-day follow-up using a Pearson’s correlation test (r = −0.493) and logistic regression analysis (OR = 7.333, 95% CI: 1.114–48.264). Conclusions Patients with COPD at nutritional risk are more likely to have cognitive impairment.
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- Yiben Huang
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.,School of the First Clinical Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.,School of the First Clinical Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.,School of the First Clinical Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.,School of the First Clinical Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.,School of the First Clinical Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.,School of the First Clinical Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.,School of the First Clinical Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.,School of the First Clinical Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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Guigoz Y, Vellas B. Nutritional Assessment in Older Adults : MNA® 25 years of a Screening Tool and a Reference Standard for Care and Research; What Next? J Nutr Health Aging 2021; 25:528-583. [PMID: 33786572 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-021-1601-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A tool to assess nutritional status in older persons was really needed. It took 5 years to design the MNA® (Mini Nutrition Assessment) tool, complete the first validations studies both in Europe and in the U.S. and to publish it. After the full MNA®, the MNA® short form and the self-MNA® have been validated. As well as Chinese and other national MNA® forms. Now more than 2000 clinical research have used the MNA® all over the world from community care to hospital. At least 22 Expert groups included the MNA® in new clinical practice guidelines, national or international registries. The MNA® is presently included in almost all geriatric and nutrition textbook and part of the teaching program for medicine and other health care professional worldwide. The urgent need is to target the frail older adults more likely to have weight loss and poor appetite and to prevent frailty and weight loss in the robust. We present in this paper the review of 25 years of clinical research and practice using the MNA® worldwide.
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- Y Guigoz
- Yves Guigoz, Chemin du Raidillon, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland.
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Bolayir B, Arik G, Yeşil Y, Kuyumcu ME, Varan HD, Kara Ö, Güngör AE, Yavuz BB, Cankurtaran M, Halil MG. Validation of Nutritional Risk Screening-2002 in a Hospitalized Adult Population. Nutr Clin Pract 2018; 34:297-303. [DOI: 10.1002/ncp.10082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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- Başak Bolayir
- Faculty of Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine; Hacettepe University
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- Faculty of Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Geriatric Medicine; Hacettepe University
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- Faculty of Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Geriatric Medicine; Hacettepe University
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- Faculty of Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Geriatric Medicine; Hacettepe University
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- Faculty of Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Geriatric Medicine; Hacettepe University
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- Faculty of Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Geriatric Medicine; Hacettepe University
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics; Güven Hospital; Ankara Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Geriatric Medicine; Hacettepe University
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- Faculty of Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Geriatric Medicine; Hacettepe University
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- Faculty of Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine; Division of Geriatric Medicine; Hacettepe University
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Melgaard D, Rodrigo-Domingo M, Mørch MM. The Prevalence of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Acute Geriatric Patients. Geriatrics (Basel) 2018; 3:geriatrics3020015. [PMID: 31011059 PMCID: PMC6319237 DOI: 10.3390/geriatrics3020015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2018] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) is underdiagnosed and undertreated in many geriatric centers. The aim of this study is to explore the prevalence of OD in acute geriatric patients. The outcome was mortality during hospitalization, mortality, and rehospitalization within 0–30 and 31–180 days of discharge. A total of 313 consecutive acute geriatric patients (44.1% male, mean age 83.1 years (SD 7.8)) hospitalized from 1 March to 31 August 2016 in the North Denmark Regional Hospital were included in this study. The volume-viscosity swallow test and the Minimal Eating Observation Form-II were conducted for each patient in order to screen for OD. A total of 50% patients presented with OD. In the group of patients with OD, significantly more lived in nursing homes; had a lower weight, DEMMI score, and handgrip strength; and smaller circumference of arms and legs compared with non-dysphagia patients. Patients with OD presented an increased length of stay in hospital of one day (p = 0.70). Intra-hospital mortality was 5.8% vs. 0.7%, (p < 0.001) compared with patients with no symptoms of OD. OD is prevalent in acute geriatric patients, and the mortality is 34% within six months of hospitalization. Screening for OD should be given more attention and included in geriatric guidelines.
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- Dorte Melgaard
- Center for Clinical Research, North Denmark Regional Hospital, Bispensgade 37, DK-9800 Hjørring, Denmark.
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- Unit of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Aalborg University Hospital, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark.
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- Department of Geriatric, North Denmark Hospital, DK-9800 Hjørring, Denmark.
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Westergren A, Edfors E, Norberg E, Stubbendorff A, Hedin G, Wetterstrand M, Hagell P. Long-term effects of a computer-based nutritional training program for inpatient hospital care. J Eval Clin Pract 2017; 23:797-802. [PMID: 28260233 DOI: 10.1111/jep.12719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Revised: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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RATIONALE A previous short-term study showed that a computer-based training in eating and nutrition increased the probability for hospital inpatients at undernutrition (UN) risk to receive nutritional treatment and care without increasing overtreatment (providing nutritional treatment to those not at UN risk). The aim of this study was to investigate if a computer-based training in eating and nutrition influences the precision in nutritional treatment and care in a longer-term perspective. METHOD A preintervention and postintervention study was conducted with a cross-sectional design at each time points (baseline and 7 months postintervention). Hospital inpatients >18 years old at baseline (2013; n = 201) and follow-up (2014; n = 209) were included. A computer-based training was implemented during a period of 3 months with 297 (84%) participating registered nurses and nurse assistants. Undernutrition risk was screened for using the minimal eating observation and nutrition form-version II. Nutritional treatment and care was recorded using a standardized protocol. RESULTS The share of patients at UN risk that received energy-dense food (+25.2%) and dietician consultations (+22.3%) increased between baseline and follow-up, while fewer received oral nutritional supplements (-18.9%). "Overtreatment" (providing nutritional treatment to those not at UN risk) did not change between baseline and follow-up. CONCLUSION The computer-based training increased the provision of energy-dense food and dietician consultations to patients at UN risk without increasing overtreatment of patients without UN risk.
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- Albert Westergren
- The PRO-CARE Group, School of Health and Society, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden
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- The PRO-CARE Group, School of Health and Society, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden
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- The PRO-CARE Group, School of Health and Society, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden
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- Digital Design, School of Health and Society, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden
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- The PRO-CARE Group, School of Health and Society, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden
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Westergren A, Edfors E, Norberg E, Stubbendorff A, Hedin G, Wetterstrand M, Hagell P. Short-term effects of a computer-based nutritional nursing training program for inpatient hospital care. J Eval Clin Pract 2016; 22:799-807. [PMID: 27133949 DOI: 10.1111/jep.12545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2015] [Revised: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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RATIONALE This study aimed to explore whether a computer-based training in eating and nutrition for hospital nursing staff can influence the precision in nutritional treatment and care. METHOD A pre-intervention and post-intervention study was conducted with a cross-sectional design at each time point. The settings were one intervention (IH) and two control hospitals (CH1 and CH2). Hospital inpatients >18 years old at baseline (2012; n = 409) and follow-up (2014; n = 456) were included. The computer-based training was implemented during a period of 3 months in the IH with 297 (84%) participating registered nurses and nurse assistants. Nutritional risk was screened for using the Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition Form. Nutritional treatment and care was recorded using a standardized protocol RESULTS In the IH, there was an increase in the share of patients at UN risk that received energy-dense food (+16.7%) and dietician consultations (+17.3%) between baseline and follow-up, while fewer received feeding assistance (-16.2%). There was an increase in the share of patients at UN risk that received energy-dense food (+19.5%), a decrease in oral nutritional supplements (-30.5%) and food-registrations (-30.6%) in CH1, whereas there were no changes in CH2. 'Overtreatment' (providing nutritional treatment to those not at UN risk) was significantly higher in CH2 (52.7%) than in CH1 (14.3%) and in the IH (25.2%) at follow-up. CONCLUSION The computer-based training seemed to increase the probability for patients at UN risk in the IH to receive nutritional treatment without increasing overtreatment.
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- Albert Westergren
- The PRO-CARE Group, School of Health and Society, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden.
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- The PRO-CARE Group, School of Health and Society, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden
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- The PRO-CARE Group, School of Health and Society, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden
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- The PRO-CARE Group, School of Health and Society, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden
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Development and evaluation of a stand-alone index for the assessment of small children’s diet quality. Public Health Nutr 2015; 18:1941-9. [DOI: 10.1017/s1368980014002535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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AbstractObjectiveTo construct and evaluate an independent Children’s Index of Diet Quality (CIDQ).DesignA food consumption questionnaire, which contained twenty-five multiple-item questions on eating and food intake, was formulated and evaluated against 7 d food records. Key questions that best reflected a healthy diet, defined in criteria set by the nutrient recommendations, were searched and validated by correlation and analyses of receiver-operating characteristic curves.SettingsA cohort of a young population of South-West Finland.SubjectsParticipants (n 400) were 2–6-year-old children.ResultsFifteen questions were identified to best depict the children’s diet quality in reference to the recommendations. These questions were scored, summarized and further constructed into a three-class index (good, moderate and poor dietary quality) where higher scores depicted better diet quality. The CIDQ cut-off score of 14 points for good dietary quality had a sensitivity of 0·59 and a specificity of 0·82 and the cut-off score of 10 points, for at least moderate dietary quality, had a sensitivity of 0·77 and a specificity of 0·69. Higher index scores were related to higher dietary intakes of several vitamins, lower dietary intakes of SFA and cholesterol, and further with lower serum cholesterol and higher serum vitamin C concentrations.ConclusionsThe three-class food index was found to represent diet quality as defined in recommendations and evaluated against nutrient intakes from food diaries and biochemical markers. This self-standing index could provide an effective and low-burden method to obtain information about diet quality and guide future recommendations.
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Westergren A, Torfadóttir O, Hagell P. Inter- and intrarater reliability of Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition Form - version II (MEONF-II) nurse assessments among hospital inpatients. BMC Nurs 2014; 13:18. [PMID: 25093011 PMCID: PMC4120003 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6955-13-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2014] [Accepted: 06/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Background The Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition form – version II (MEONF – II) is a recently developed nursing nutritional screening tool. However, its inter- and intrarater reliability has not been assessed. Methods Inpatients (n = 24; median age, 69 years; 11 women) were assessed by eight nurses (interrater reliability, two nurses scored each patient independently) using the MEONF-II on two consecutive days (intrarater reliability, each patient was scored by the same nurse day 1 and day 2). Results Six patients were at moderate/high undernutrition risk. Inter- and intrarater reliabilities (Gwet’s agreement coefficient) for the MEONF-II 2-category classification (no/low risk versus moderate/high risk) were 0.93 and 0.81; for the 3-category classification (no/low – moderate – high risk) reliabilities (Gwet’s weighted agreement coefficient) were 0.98 and 0.88; and total score inter- and intrarater reliabilities (intraclass correlation) were 0.92 and 0.84. Conclusion Reliability of MEONF-II nurse assessments among adult hospital inpatients was supported and the tool can be used in research and clinical practice.
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- Albert Westergren
- The PRO-CARE Group, School of Health and Society, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad SE-291 88, Sweden
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- The PRO-CARE Group, School of Health and Society, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad SE-291 88, Sweden
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van Bokhorst-de van der Schueren MAE, Guaitoli PR, Jansma EP, de Vet HCW. Nutrition screening tools: Does one size fit all? A systematic review of screening tools for the hospital setting. Clin Nutr 2014; 33:39-58. [PMID: 23688831 DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2013.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 325] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2012] [Revised: 04/04/2013] [Accepted: 04/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Dept. of Nutrition and Dietetics, Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Medical Library, VU Amsterdam University Library, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Westergren A, Norberg E, Vallén C, Hagell P. Cut-off scores for the Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition Form - Version II (MEONF-II) among hospital inpatients. Food Nutr Res 2011; 55:7289. [PMID: 21814520 PMCID: PMC3149411 DOI: 10.3402/fnr.v55i0.7289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2011] [Revised: 06/30/2011] [Accepted: 07/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background and objective The newly developed Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition Form – Version II (MEONF-II) has shown promising sensitivity and specificity in relation to the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). However, the suggested MEONF-II cut-off scores for deciding low/moderate and high risk for undernutrition (UN) (>2 and >4, respectively) have not been decided based on statistical criteria but on clinical reasoning. The objective of this study was to identify the optimal cut-off scores for the MEONF-II in relation to the well-established MNA based on statistical criteria. Design Cross-sectional study. Methods The study included 187 patients (mean age, 77.5 years) assessed for nutritional status with the MNA (full version), and screened with the MEONF-II. The MEONF-II includes assessments of involuntary weight loss, Body Mass Index (BMI) (or calf circumference), eating difficulties, and presence of clinical signs ofUN. MEONF-II data were analysed by Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) curves and the area under the curve (AUC); optimal cut-offs were identified by the Youden index (J=sensitivity+specificity–1). Results According to the MEONF-II, 41% were at moderate or high UN risk and according to the MNA, 50% were at risk or already undernourished. The suggested cut-off scores were supported by the Youden indices. The lower cut-off for MEONF-II, used to identify any level of risk for UN (>2; J=0.52) gave an overall accuracy of 76% and the AUC was 80%. The higher cut-off for identifying those with high risk for UN (>4; J=0.33) had an accuracy of 63% and the AUC was 70%. Conclusions The suggested MEONF-II cut-off scores were statistically supported. This improves the confidence of its clinical use.
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- Albert Westergren
- Department of Clinical Nursing Sciences, School of Health and Society, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden
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