Validation of malnutrition screening tools in liver cirrhosis
- Autor(en)
- Julia Traub, Ina Bergheim, Angela Horvath, Vanessa Stadlbauer
- Abstrakt
Malnutrition in liver cirrhosis is frequently underestimated. To determine if a patient is at risk of malnutrition, several screening tools have been established. However, most of them are not validated for patients with liver cirrhosis. Therefore, we compared the RFH-NPT (Royal Free Hospital Nutritional Prioritizing Tool) as the validated gold standard for malnutrition screening in cirrhosis patients with GMS (Graz Malnutrition Screening), NRS-2002 (Nutritional Risk Screening) and MNA-SF (Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form). Based on common validity criteria for screening tools, only the MNA-SF showed fair correlation (12/15 points) with the RFH-NPT, whereas NRS-2002 and GMS performed worse (6/15 points). Taken together, our results suggest that NRS-2002 and GMS are not suitable for screening of malnutrition in cirrhosis patients. A cirrhosis-specific screening tool like RFH-NPT should be used to assess malnutrition and to identify those at risk of malnutrition.
- Organisation(en)
- Department für Ernährungswissenschaften
- Externe Organisation(en)
- Medizinische Universität Graz, Landeskrankenhaus - Universitätsklinikum Graz
- Journal
- Nutrients
- Band
- 12
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 6
- ISSN
- 2072-6643
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12051306
- Publikationsdatum
- 05-2020
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ÖFOS 2012
- 303009 Ernährungswissenschaften
- Schlagwörter
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 2 – Kein Hunger
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/686601cd-6bc8-47b0-acc7-43fc69f6d332