Validity, reliability and acceptability of the Imperial Nutritional Screening System (INSYST): A tool that does not require the body mass index

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 536-544

  Tammam, J ^a   Gardner, L ^a   Hickson, M ^a  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Imperial Nutritional Screening System (INSYST); Malnutrition screening tool; Nutritional screening; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPERIAL NUTRITIONAL SCREENING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALNUTRITION; MALNUTRITION UNIVERSAL SCREENING TOOL; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIETETICS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; NURSES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 70450196912     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2009.01004.x     Document Type: Article

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