Development of a malnutrition screening tool for hospitalized children.

Development of a malnutrition screening tool for hospitalized children. - Malnutrition screening tool for hospitalized children.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON32283

Enrollment

230

Registered

2008-06-03

Start date

2008-06-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-13

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Conditions

malnutrition undernutrition

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

2 Years to 17 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children aged one year to eighteen years old. Children admitted acute or consecutively. Children and/or their parents who give informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children younger than one. Children and/or their parents who did not give informed consent. Children with an implanted defibrillator.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary objective of the study is to determine which questions are most predictive for undernutrition in hospitalized children in order to develop a quick and easy screening tool that is valid, reproducible and suitable for the population of children from 1 year to 18 years of age.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Prevalence of undernutrition of hospitalized children.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results