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.