Table 1 Screening tools used for identifying nutritional risk
From: Screening, assessment and management of perioperative malnutrition: a survey of UK practice
Tool used to identify nutritional risk | Number of respondents |
|---|---|
Body mass index | 75 (62.0%) |
Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) | 70 (57.9%) |
Percentage weight loss | 24 (19.8%) |
Disease specific tool | 2 (1.7%) |
Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST) | 2 (1.7%) |
Short Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire (SNAQ) | 2 (1.7%) |
Nutrition Risk Screen 2002 (NRS-2002) | 1 (0.8%) |
None | 3 (2.5%) |
Did not know | 14 (11.6%) |