Validity of four nutritional screening tools against subjective global assessment for inpatient adults in a low-middle income country in Asia

Background/objectives Hospital malnutrition is a common problem worldwide. This study aims to assess the validity of widely used nutritional screening tools for hospitalized adults in acute care settings in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Subjects/methods Participants in this study were 693 adult patient...

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Published in:	European journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 72; no. 7; pp. 979 - 985
Main Authors:	Tran, Quoc Cuong, Banks, Merrilyn, Hannan-Jones, Mary, Do, Thi Ngoc Diep, Gallegos, Danielle
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01-07-2018 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	692/699/1702/295 692/700/2814 Adult Adults Aged Area Under Curve Body Mass Index Cities Clinical Nutrition Developing Countries Epidemiology Female Hospitalization Hospitals, Public Humans Internal Medicine Male Malnutrition Malnutrition - diagnosis Mass Screening Medical screening Medicine Medicine & Public Health Metabolic Diseases Middle Aged Nutrition Nutrition Assessment Nutritional Status Predictive Value of Tests Public Health Reproducibility of Results Sensitivity Sensitivity and Specificity Validity Vietnam Vietnam Cities
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