Priority 20 from the Nutritional Screening and Malnutrition PSP

UNCERTAINTY: How to decide if more invasive treatment is required and if certain patients should be prioritised over others? (JLA PSP Priority 20)
Overall ranking	20
JLA question ID	0085/20
Explanatory note	Not available for this PSP
Evidence	Hanlon P, Nicholl BI, Jani BD, Lee D, McQueenie R, Mair FS. Frailty and pre-frailty in middle-aged and older adults and its association with multimorbidity and mortality: a prospective analysis of 493 737 UK Biobank participants. Lancet Public Health. 201
Health Research Classification System category	Generic health relevance

Extra information provided by this PSP
Original uncertainty examples	I would like to understand red flags that suggest potentially more invasive interventions should be used earlier in the nutritional care plan...should a patient on chemo with anorexia be prioritized for a specific nutritional intervention versus a frail elderly person in poor social circumstances?
Submitted by	1 x healthcare professional

PSP information
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