Malnutrition Clinical Characteristics Validation Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02182427

Acronym

MCC

Enrollment

Registered

2014-07-08

Start date

2014-04-30

Completion date

2015-10-31

Last updated

2016-01-27

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Conditions

Malnutrition

Brief summary

Malnutrition (under-nutrition) occurs in approximately 30% of hospitalized adults worldwide and results in poor outcomes. However there is no universal method for diagnosing malnutrition. A group of experts created a set of 6 characteristics to identify malnutrition. The goal of this project is to determine whether these characteristics are the best indicators to identify malnutrition or if there are other factors that may better identify malnutrition. Because there is no gold standard definition for malnutrition, the investigators will compare the characteristics against outcomes such as length of stay, hospital readmission and death. Outcomes are also influenced by disease state, therefore, information on what brought the patient to the hospital and what happened to them in the hospital will be collected that allows the investigators to separate the effect of malnutrition from disease. The hypothesis for this study is that the malnutrition clinical characteristics and diagnosis criteria, as presented by the experts, are valid and reliable principles for the diagnosis of adult under-nutrition.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patient on inpatient dietitian consult list * Able to speak English to answer questions * Ability to provide informed consent (or provided by family member) * Expected remaining admission time \> 24 hours (determined by no mention of pending discharge in physicians notes) * Age ≥ 18 years

Exclusion criteria

* Seen previously by Registered Dietitian during current admission * Patient on hospice or palliative care, in a psychiatric, maternity, pediatric or day surgery area, or in dedicated trauma or burn unit. * Life expectancy \<7 days per physician note or Registered Dietitian (RD) judgment * Participated in the study during a previous admission

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Number of participants diagnosed with and without malnutrition using the MCC.	30-days post-discharge

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
30-day readmission rate among study participants	Within 90 days after data collection is complete

Countries

Australia, United States

Outcome results