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://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/validation-of-malnutrition-screening-tools-in-liver-cirrhosis(686601cd-6bc8-47b0-acc7-43fc69f6d332).html