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Table 4 User-friendliness of the MNA, MEONF-II and NRS 2002, n = 87

From: Diagnostic performance of the Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition Form - Version II (MEONF-II) and Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS 2002) among hospital inpatients - a cross-sectional study

 

MNA

NRS 2002

MEONF-II

P-value 1

Time to complete, minutes median

10

5

5

< 0.0005 2

   q1-q3

8-10

2-10

2-10

 

   min-max

3-20

1-20

1-20

 

Instructions easy to understand, %

93

93

99

0.165

Items easy to understand, %

93

81

97

< 0.0005 3

Items easy to answer, %

85

75

96

< 0.0005 4

Items relevant, %

78

79

87

0.247

  1. 1) Friedman's two-way analysis of variance by ranks followed by post-hoc Wilcoxon signed ranks tests (time to complete), and Cochran's Q test followed by post-hoc McNemar tests (other data).
  2. 2) Significant difference between MNA and NRS 2002, MNA and MEONF-II (both comparisons p = 0.001; p = 0.003 following Bonferroni correction).
  3. 3) Significant difference between MNA and NRS 2002 (p = 0.004; p = 0.012 following Bonferroni correction), and between NRS 2002 and MEONF-II (p = 0.001; p = 0.003 following Bonferroni correction).
  4. 4) Significant difference between NRS 2002 and MEONF-II (p = 0.001; p = 0.003 following Bonferroni correction).
  5. MNA, Mini Nutritional Assessment; MEONF-II, Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition Form - Version II; NRS 2002, Nutrition Risk Screening 2002; q1-q3, inter-quartile range (25th-75th percentile).