Priority 2 from the Nutritional Screening and Malnutrition PSP
| UNCERTAINTY: What is the best way to carry out screening in the community for effective identification of malnutrition? (JLA PSP Priority 2) | |
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| Overall ranking | 2 |
| JLA question ID | 0085/2 |
| Explanatory note | Not available for this PSP |
| Evidence |
Omidvari A, Vali Y, Murray SM, Wonderling D, Rashidian A. Nutritional screening for improving professional practice for patient outcomes in hospital and primary care settings |
| Health Research Classification System category | Generic health relevance |
| Extra information provided by this PSP | |
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| Original uncertainty examples | How can these measuring tools be more efficiently deployed in the community? ~ What is the most effective way to treat and identify malnutrition in the community? ~ Research on the impact of screening in community settings e.g. gp practices, with appropriate pathway. ~ Is there a simpler tool which is comparable to MUST which could be used in the community? Preferably a tool that uses more subjective data (with yes/no type answers) such as the SIP tool (developed in 1996). |
| Submitted by | 3 x healthcare Professional, 1 x carer |
| PSP information | |
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| PSP unique ID | 0085 |
| PSP name | Nutritional Screening and Malnutrition |
| Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. | 81 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website) |
| Date of priority setting workshop | 7 June 2019 |