Sixteen Years Trends in Reported Undernutrition in Switzerland

NCT03239093 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 1
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 13,297,188
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

To assess 16-year trends in undernutrition reporting and management in Switzerland

Conditions

Malnutrition; Epidemiology

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• undernutrition reporting

  ICD-10 codes E12 (undernutrition-related diabetes mellitus), E40 (kwashiorkor), E41 (nutritional marasmus), E42 (marasmic kwashiorkor), E43 (unspecified severe protein-energy undernutrition), E44 (protein-energy undernutrition of moderate and mild degree), E46 (unspecified protein-energy undernutrition), R63 (R63.0: Anorexia, R63.3: feeding difficulties and mismanagement; R63.4: abnormal weight loss and R63.6: Insufficient intake of food and water due to self-neglect), and R64 (cachexia).

  1998-2014

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• nutritional management

  1998-2014

Other Outcomes (3)

• Length of stay

  1998-2014

• In-hospital mortality

  1998-2014

• Nosocomial infection

  1998-2014

Interventions

No intervention OTHER

Observational study using official data from the Federal Office of Statistics

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Hospitalizations representing 98% of public and private hospitals within Switzerland

You may qualify if:

• adult patients (aged ≥20 years), length of hospital stay \>1 day, not having any ICD-10 codes related to pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (i.e. ICD-10 codes beginning with letter "O") as main diagnosis, and having complete demographic data and information on main diagnosis and mortality

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Malnutrition

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: ECOLOGIC OR COMMUNITY
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 1, 2017
• First Posted: August 3, 2017
• Study Start: January 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: July 29, 2017
• Study Completion: July 29, 2017
• Last Updated: August 3, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share