Authors

  1. Wright, Lauri PhD, RDN
  2. Epps, James B. PhD

Abstract

The Rapid Nutrition Screening for HIV disease (RNS-H) was developed and used by case managers to screen for nutrition risk status at an AIDS clinic. A registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) completed a comprehensive nutritional assessment on all clients screened and assigned a nutrition risk status. A total of 96 clients participated. Analyses showed a very high degree of association between the dietitians' and case mangers' nutrition risk ratings (Kendall [tau] = 0.973, P < .00008