Table 2.
Nutritional risk screening and assessment tools that have been studied14
| Instrument | Anthropometry and/or diet related | Severity of illness |
| Birmingham nutrition risk score | Weight loss, BMI, appetite, ability to eat | Stress factor (severity of diagnosis) |
| Malnutrition screening tool | Appetite, unintentional weight loss | |
| Malnutrition universal screening tool | BMI, change in weight | Presence of acute disease |
| Maastricht index | Percentage ideal body weight | Albumin, prealbumin, lymphocyte count |
| Nutrition risk classification | Weight loss, percentage ideal body weight, dietary intake | |
| Nutritional risk index | Present and usual body weight | Albumin |
| Nutritional risk screening 2002 | Weight loss, BMI, food intake | Diagnosis (severity) |
| Prognostic inflammatory and nutritional index | Albumin, prealbumin, C-reactive protein, α1-acid glycoprotein | |
| Prognostic nutritional index | Triceps skinfold | Albumin, transferrin, skin sensitivity |
| Simple screening tool | BMI, percentage weight loss | Albumin |
| Short nutrition assessment questionnaire | Recent weight history, appetite, use of oral supplement or tube feeding | |
| NUTRIC (nutrition risk in the critically ill) | Nil | APACHE II |
| Mini nutritional assessment | Weight, height, mid-arm and circumference, diet history, appetite, feeding mode | Albumin, prealbumin, cholesterol, lymphocyte count |
| Subjective global assessment (SGA) | Weight and diet history | Primary diagnosis, stress level |