title: Comparison of two nutritional screening tools to detect nutritional risk in hematologic inpatients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to compare two nutritional screening tools in oncohematologic inpatients.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was performed in a hematology ward from August to December 2015. Within the first 24 h of admission, the following nutritional screenings were performed: Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST), and Subjective Global Assessment (SGA). Patients who stayed in the hematologic ward were reevaluated with the three screening tools 1 and 2 wk after admission. The SGA was used as the gold standard in the detection of malnutrition.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixty-three patients were included in the study. Of these, 61.9% were men, ages 64 y (SD = 17.9 y) with 90.5% having a diagnosis of cancer. The prevalence of patients with nutritional risk at admission was 17.5% with SGA, 16.7% at week 1, and 31.6% at week 2. According to MST, the prevalence was 41.3% at admission, 13.9% at week 1, and 15.8% at week 2. According to MUST, the prevalence was 36.5%, 25%, and 36.8%, respectively. The results of diagnostic tests on admission were an area under the curve receiver operating characteristic of 0.691 for MST and 0.830 for MUST at admission; at week 1, 0.717 for MST and 0.850 for MUST; and at week 2 of assessment, 0.506 for MST and 0.840 for MUST.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MUST might be a better screening tool than MST for detecting the risk for malnutrition in oncohematological inpatients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. Electronic address: Lucia.fiol.martinez@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Lucía
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fiol-Martínez
authors.affiliation: Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain.
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Calleja-Fernández
authors.affiliation: Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain.
authors.forename: Begoña
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pintor de la Maza
authors.affiliation: Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain.
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vidal-Casariego
authors.affiliation: Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain.
authors.forename: Rocío
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Villar-Taibo
authors.affiliation: Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urioste-Fondo
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cuervo
authors.affiliation: Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain.
authors.forename: Isidoro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cano-Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León, Spain.
authors.forename: María D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Ballesteros-Pomar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors
keywords: Hematologic neoplasm; Malnutrition; Nutritional screening tool