Malnutrition, Child
Conditions
Keywords
MALNUTRITION, CHILDREN, SEFI
Brief summary
The goal is to find a simple tool that can be used by medical and paramedical staff and that is reliable to identify children at risk for malnutrition.
Detailed description
The Ingesta Easy Assessment Score (SEFI®) (formerly "food intake assessment tool or EPA®") is validated in hospitals in adults to detect the risk of malnutrition and guide nutritional management. SEFI® combines a visual analogue scale (VAS) with a visual assessment of the portions consumed (www.sefi-nutrition.com). It comes in the form of a ruler equipped with a cursor and allows a visual assessment, by the patient himself, of his food intake, using an analog scale, or a choice of portions. consumed (see appendix). A score \<7/10 is associated with malnutrition or the risk of malnutrition. The investigators hypothesize that, in pediatric services for children 10 years of age or older, SEFI® would be a feasible and reliable tool for screening for the risk of malnutrition.
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTSEFI tool
Detect the risk of malnutrition with the SEFI tool
Sponsors
Rennes University Hospital
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
10 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Children aged 10 to 17 and hospitalized in pediatric or pediatric surgery, regardless of the reason for hospitalization. * Whose holders of parental authority have received information on the protocol and have not expressed their opposition to the child's participation in the study, * Having received information on the protocol and not having expressed opposition to participating in the study.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients whose level of understanding does not allow the use of SEFI®
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assess the reliability of SEFI® for detecting the risk of acute malnutrition in pediatrics | 6 month | rate of agreement between the diagnoses of malnutrition obtained by the SEFI® tool and those obtained by diagnostic tools already validated in children: the Weight to Height ratio (or Waterlow index) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| reliability of SEFI ® to detect the risk of chronic undernutrition in pediatrics | 6 months | rate of agreement between the diagnoses of malnutrition obtained by the SEFI® tool and those obtained by diagnostic tools already validated in children: Weight to Age ratio and Height to Age ratio |
| feasibility of SEFI® | 6 months | Percentage of completion of the test compared to the number of subjects included in the study (if the test is carried out for each person included = 100% feasibility) |
| correlations of VAS results (score or portions consumed) with occurrence of complications and length of hospital stay | 9 months | Duration of hospitalization and complications during hospitalization |
Countries
France
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORGauthier Foulon, Doctor
Rennes University Hospital
Outcome results
None listed