Journal article
Clinical measurement properties of malnutrition assessment tools for use with patients in hospitals: a systematic review
Abstract
BackgroundThe use of malnutrition outcome measures (OM) by registered dietitians (RD) with inpatients in hospitals has increased promoting the achievement of nutritional care goals and supporting decision-making for the allocation of nutritional care resources in hospitals. There are 3 commonly used OMs: Subjective Global Assessment (SGA), Patient Generated-Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) and Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA). The purpose …
Authors
Xu YC; Vincent JI
Journal
Nutrition Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2020
DOI
10.1186/s12937-020-00613-0
ISSN
1475-2891