Research Article
Validity of Nutritional Screening Tools for Hospitalized Children
Table 3
Kappa value between each of the screening tools and SGNA compared to acute/chronic malnutrition.
| Tools | Kappa value (95% CI) for acute malnutrition (wasting) | Kappa value (95% CI) for chronic malnutrition (stunted) |
| PYMS | 0.348 (0.191–0.506) | 0.125 (0–0.299) | STAMP | 0.018 (0–0.140) | 0 (0–0.140) | STRONG-kids | 0.028 (0–0.149) | 0 (0–0.144) |
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