Abstract

CARNERO GREGORIO, Miguel et al. Design and development of a nutritional assessment application for smartphones and tablets with Android^® OS. Nutr. Hosp. [online]. 2015, vol.31, n.3, pp.1323-1329. ISSN 1699-5198.  https://dx.doi.org/10.3305/nh.2015.31.3.8111.

Background & Aims: To design and develop a nutritional application for smartphones and tablets with Android ^® operating system for using to in- and outpatients that need a nutritional assessment. To check the validity of the results of such software. Methods: The application was compiled for version 2.1 of the Android^® operating system from Google^®. A cohort of 30 patients was included for evaluating the reliability of the application. The calculations were performed by staff of the Nutrition Unit of the Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, manually and through e-Nutrimet^© software on a smartphone and a tablet. Results: Concordance was absolute between results of different methods obtained using e-Nutrimet^© on a smartphone and a tablet (Fleiss index κ = 1). The same level of concordance was obtained by comparing handmade and e-Nutrimet^© made results. Conclusions: The degree of correlation is good, and it would be extended to all healthcare staff who wants to determine whether a patient has malnutrition, or not. The nutritional assessment software e-Nutrimet^© does not replace healthcare staff in any case, but could be an important aid in assessing patients who may be in risk of malnutrition, saving time of evaluation.

Keywords : Nutrition; Nutritional assessment; Mobile phone; Medical informatics applications; Personal electronic health records.

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