Nutritional Intakes in Burn Patients Treated as Outpatients

Evaluation of Macronutrients and Micronutrients Intakes in Burn Patients Treated as Outpatients

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03914560

Enrollment

Registered

2019-04-16

Start date

2018-06-01

Completion date

2019-04-05

Last updated

2019-04-16

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Conditions

Burns, Nutritional Deficiency

Brief summary

Nutrition is a key component of burn care. The primary goal of nutrition is to provide adequate supply in macro and micronutrients that are necessary to maintain organ function but also to wound healing, infection control and muscle preservation. Studies about nutrition and burn care are mainly focused on severe burn patients. There is a few or no data regarding nutrition in minor burns. Those patients rarely receive a multidisciplinary approach, at least in Belgium. The present study aimed to describe the nutritional condition of less severe burn patients treated as outpatients in a Belgian burn center. The ultimate goal was to determine whether this population needs specific dietetics follow-up or not.

Interventions

OTHERBurn injury

minor burn injury

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

1 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Burn treated exclusively in an outpatient clinic

Exclusion criteria

* Not french speaking * Psychiatric disorders * Patient refusal

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
nutritional intakes	During the first week following injury	Using a standardized food questionnaire, mean daily nutritional intakes were calculated for each patient (macronutrients and micronutrients). Food questionnaire is a questionnaire created by our dietetics unit, aiming to quantify the amount of food eaten at each meal. Quantities of macronutrients and micronutrients at each meal were then calculated using tables of food content (Nubel for all nutrients, excepting vitamin E calculated according Ciqual table).

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Body composition	During the first week following injury	Body composition measured using bio impedance
Handgrip strength	During the first week following injury	Strength measured an handheld dynamometer

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026