The Norwegian Directorate of Health recommends malnutrition screening tool (MST) for all adults.
Clin Nutr ESPEN
; 52: 28-31, 2022 12.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND & AIMS:
Malnutrition is underdiagnosed and undertreated in Norway. In a revision of a national guideline on malnutrition, the Norwegian Directorate of Health aimed for a harmonization and standardization of the malnutrition screening practice, including a recommendation of one malnutrition screening tool to be used among all adults in Norwegian health and care services.METHODS:
A working group was appointed by the Norwegian Directorate of Health. Evidence-based practice, a pragmatic decision-making process based on a literature review, the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE), and the DECIDE decision-making model was used as a guidance in order to convert evidence into recommendations.RESULTS:
The criteria and properties of the four most frequently validated malnutrition screening tools were identified and ranked by the working group. The tools were prioritized in the following order 1 Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST), 2 Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), 3 Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002), and 4 Mini-Nutritional Assessment short form (MNA).CONCLUSIONS:
The Norwegian Directorate of Health recommends use of MST for screening for malnutrition among all adults (≥18 years), across all health care settings, and diagnoses or conditions in Norway.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Evaluación Nutricional
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Desnutrición
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Nutr ESPEN
Año:
2022
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Article