Development and Validation of a HIV Disease–Specific Nutrition Screening Tool

Lauri Wright, James B. Epps

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Abstract

The Rapid Nutrition Screening for HIV disease (RNS-H) was developed and used by case managers to screen for nutrition risk status at an AIDS clinic. A registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) completed a comprehensive nutritional assessment on all clients screened and assigned a nutrition risk status. A total of 96 clients participated. Analyses showed a very high degree of association between the dietitians' and case mangers' nutrition risk ratings (Kendall τ = 0.973, P < .00008
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)264-269
Number of pages6
JournalTopics in Clinical Nutrition
Volume35
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2020

Keywords

  • HIV
  • nutrition risk
  • nutrition screening
  • validation

Disciplines

  • Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Critical Care

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