Preoperative evaluation of malnutrition using malnutrition universal screening tool(MUST),Malnutrition assessment short form(MNA-SF) and Calf Circumference(CC) in predicting postoperative problems in head and neck and gastrointestinal cancer patients

Preoperative evaluation of malnutrition using Malnutrition universal screening tool(MUST),malnutrition assessment short form(MNA-SF),and Calf Circumference(CC) in predicting postoperative morbidity in head and neck and gastrointestinal cancer patients.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2Phase 3

Study type

Observational

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2020/04/024733

Enrollment

300

Registered

2020-04-20

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-10-17

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: E43- Unspecified severe protein-caloriemalnutrition

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All head and Neck Gastrointestinal Cancer patients

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients below 18 years Patients undergoing Emergency surgeries

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To compare MUST,MNA-SF and Calf Circumference and to identify which amongst the three is better preoperative screening tool for assessment of malnutrition in our cohort of patients against the gold standard European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) guidelines for malnutritionTimepoint: Until day of surgery	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary outcome:Which of the nutritional screening tools reflected on the postoperative morbidityTimepoint: To be followed until discharge to identify the length of stay and thirty day readmission	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public Contactnivedhyaa

Cancer Institute (WIA)

nivedhyaa@gmail.com9597423654

Outcome results