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

Authors

Lauri Wright, University of North FloridaFollow
James B. Epps, University of South Florida, Tampa

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2020

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.

Publication Title

Topics in Clinical Nutrition

Volume

35

Issue

3

First Page

264

Last Page

269

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1097/TIN.0000000000000205

ISSN

08835691

E-ISSN

15505146

Citation Information

Wright, Lauri PhD, RDN; Epps, James B. PhD Development and Validation of a HIV Disease–Specific Nutrition Screening Tool, Topics in Clinical Nutrition: July/September 2020 - Volume 35 - Issue 3 - p 264-269 doi: 10.1097/TIN.0000000000000205