Undernutrition
Conditions
Keywords
undernutrition, diagnostic, screening
Brief summary
In current practice, there are various nutritional risk scores and diagnostic tools which are used in both inpatient and outpatient settings,however, in some cases, these tools cannot be used due to lack of data. That's why a tool that doesn't require any anthropometric parameters, such as a visual food intake scale, could be useful to for medical and paramedical staff. In this way, a larger proportion of the paediatric population could benefit from nutritional screening.
Detailed description
HAS defines undernutrition as a state of nutritional imbalance, characterized by a negative energy and/or protein balance. This negative balance may be linked to a deficit in isolated intake and/or an increase in energy and/or protein expenditure. In current practice, there are various nutritional risk scores and diagnostic tools which are used in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Practitioners can use discs to quickly and easily determine BMI, which corresponds to the ratio of Weight (Kg) / Height² (m). However, in some cases, these tools cannot be used due to lack of data. That's why a tool that doesn't require any anthropometric parameters could be useful to for medical and paramedical staff. In this way, a larger proportion of the paediatric population could benefit from nutritional screening. In adults, a visual food intake scale exists and has been validated for screening for nutritional risk. The hypothesis of this study is that the visual food intake scale could be a good tool for screening for nutritional risk in paediatrics
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University Hospital, Toulouse
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
8 Years to 15 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Child able to be weighed and measured * Family with Internet access and telephone number * Child and at least one parent present during day hospitalization, * Child able to respond to the SEFI® scale and having completed the 3-day food intake at home
Exclusion criteria
* Children and/or parents with comprehension and/or communication difficulties * Children with any pathological condition making interpretation of results difficult from the investigator's point of view * Children receiving nutritional support: enteral and parenteral nutrition. * Child with nutritional follow-up
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of the SEFI scale as a screening tool for child's nutritional risk. | Day 1 | The correlation between the self evaluation of food intake (SEFI) scale, with scores from 0 to 10, indicating the presence of malnutrition score if score is inferior to 7 or absence of malnutrition if score superior to 7/10, and the STRONGkids score will be evaluated |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed