MST PROM

This is a two-stage pathway that streamlines the delivery, reminders, scoring, analysis, and data export of the Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST) for clinicians and researchers.

This pathway is designed to enable clinicians and researchers to

• deliver the MST PROM to their patients quickly and easily,
• provide patients with contextual information about the MST PROM,
• automatically remind patients to submit the MST PROM,
• collect the results of the submitted MST PROM,
• calculate the MST PROM Score based on the answers submitted,
• allocate MST PROM Cut Points based on the score calculations,
• display survey results, Score and Cut Points, and
• provide an export of deidentified MST PROM data for research purposes.

Hospitalised, outpatient, and institutionalised adults, including cancer patients and elderly individuals.

Typically the pathway is given to patients for diagnostic or baselining purposes, as part of the ongoing provision of care or to help measure treatment outcomes.

The Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST) is a quick, simple tool with two questions assessing weight loss and appetite.

Screening tool for identifying malnutrition risk.

Simple, quick, low-cost, no physical measurements required, validated across multiple settings.

Limited accuracy in untrained users; sensitivity may vary across populations and settings.

Validated against Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) with good sensitivity and specificity; widely used in hospitals and aged care.

High inter-rater reliability (93–97%) and test-retest reliability; patient-led MST also shows strong reliability.

Developed for acute hospital patients but validated in aged care, oncology, and rehabilitation settings.

Scores range from 0 to 5 based on responses to two questions about weight loss and appetite.

A score of ≥2 indicates malnutrition risk, warranting further nutritional assessment or intervention.

• Ferguson M et al., Nutrition (1999); multiple validations in peer-reviewed publications.