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. 2019 May 27;9(5):e025444. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025444

Table 1.

Cutoffs applied to assess the validity of the nutritional screening and monitoring tools

Assessment Code Rating Cutoff
Sensitivity (Se)/ g Good Se and Sp≥80%
Specificity (Sp) f Fair Se or Sp<80%, but both >50%
p Poor Se or Sp≤50%
Kappa30 pe Almost perfect 0.81–1.00
su Substantial 0.61–0.80
m Moderate 0.41–0.60
f Fair 0.21–0.40
s Slight 0–0.20
n No agreement <0