Considerations for screening tool selection and role of predictive and concurrent validity

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 425-433

  Elia, Marinos ^a   Stratton, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

concurrent; nutritional screening; predictive validity

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 80051732990     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e328348ef51     Document Type: Review

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