TY - JOUR T1 - Validity of the malnutrition screening tool as an effective predictor of nutritional risk in oncology outpatients receiving chemotherapy. AU - Isenring,Elisabeth, AU - Cross,Giordana, AU - Daniels,Lynne, AU - Kellett,Elizabeth, AU - Koczwara,Bogda, Y1 - 2006/04/19/ PY - 2006/2/21/received PY - 2006/3/22/accepted PY - 2006/4/20/pubmed PY - 2007/3/1/medline PY - 2006/4/20/entrez SP - 1152 EP - 6 JF - Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer JO - Support Care Cancer VL - 14 IS - 11 N2 - GOALS OF WORK: To determine the relative validity of the Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST) compared with a full nutrition assessment by the scored Patient Generated-Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) and to assess MST inter-rater reliability in patients receiving chemotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: An observational, cross-sectional study was conducted at an Australian public hospital in 50 oncology outpatients receiving chemotherapy. Inter-rater reliability was assessed in a subsample of 20 patients. MAIN RESULTS: According to PG-SGA global rating, the prevalence of malnutrition was 26%. The MST was a strong predictor of nutritional risk relative to the PG-SGA (100% sensitivity, 92% specificity, 0.8 positive predictive value, 1.0 negative predictive value). MST inter-rater reliability was acceptable with agreement by administration staff/nursing staff/patient and the dietitian in 18/20 cases (kappa=0.83; p0.001). CONCLUSION: The MST has acceptable relative validity, inter-rater reliability, sensitivity, and specificity to identify chemotherapy outpatients at risk of malnutrition and, hence, is an acceptable nutrition screening tool in this patient population. SN - 0941-4355 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/16622648/full_citation DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -