Background: The Minimal Eating Observation and Nutrition form ââ?¬â?? version II (MEONF ââ?¬â?? II) is a recently developed\nnursing nutritional screening tool. However, its inter- and intrarater reliability has not been assessed.\nMethods: Inpatients (n = 24; median age, 69 years; 11 women) were assessed by eight nurses (interrater reliability,\ntwo nurses scored each patient independently) using the MEONF-II on two consecutive days (intrarater reliability,\neach patient was scored by the same nurse day 1 and day 2).\nResults: Six patients were at moderate/high undernutrition risk. Inter- and intrarater reliabilities (Gwetââ?¬â?¢s agreement\ncoefficient) for the MEONF-II 2-category classification (no/low risk versus moderate/high risk) were 0.93 and 0.81; for\nthe 3-category classification (no/low ââ?¬â?? moderate ââ?¬â?? high risk) reliabilities (Gwetââ?¬â?¢s weighted agreement coefficient)\nwere 0.98 and 0.88; and total score inter- and intrarater reliabilities (intraclass correlation) were 0.92 and 0.84.\nConclusion: Reliability of MEONF-II nurse assessments among adult hospital inpatients was supported and the tool\ncan be used in research and clinical practice.
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