A novel, automated nutrition screening system as a predictor of nutritional risk in an oncology day treatment unit (ODTU) | Zendy

J. Abbott | Zendy; Laisa Teleni | Zendy; Dan McKavanagh | Zendy; Julia Watson | Zendy; Alexandra McCarthy | Zendy; Elisabeth Isenring | Zendy

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A novel, automated nutrition screening system as a predictor of nutritional risk in an oncology day treatment unit (ODTU)

Author(s) -

J. Abbott,

Laisa Teleni,

Dan McKavanagh,

Julia Watson,

Alexandra McCarthy,

Elisabeth Isenring

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

supportive care in cancer

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.133

H-Index - 112

eISSN - 1433-7339

pISSN - 0941-4355

DOI - 10.1007/s00520-014-2210-7

Subject(s) - medicine , malnutrition , weight loss , receiver operating characteristic , gold standard (test) , clinical nutrition , observational study , outpatient clinic , ambulatory , obesity

Paper-based nutrition screening tools can be challenging to implement in the ambulatory oncology setting. The aim of this study was to determine the validity of the Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST) and a novel, automated nutrition screening system compared to a 'gold standard' full nutrition assessment using the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA).

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