Nutrition Screening - Route to a More Practical Method

NCT05546034 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: PKL-127
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 300
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Observational study. Comparison of existing nutritional screening tools based on questionnaires with blood tests already performed on a routine basis. No intervention undertaken.

Conditions

Internal Medicine

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Evaluation of new nutrition risk screening tool (devised from 200 patients) by validation in 100 contemporaneous patients in comparison with established screening tools (MUST, NRS-2002 and SGA) and malnutrition defined by GLIM.

  Established tools for screening and assessing nutritional status are utilised. These are the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), the Nutrition Risk Screening-2002 (NRS-2002), the Subjective Global Assessment (SGA) and the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM). Data from laboratory testing that has already been performed on these patients is extracted from their hospital records. It is hypothesised that multivariate analysis of indicative parameters will identify 6 to 12 tests that can be combined (with appropriate weighting) into a new predictive score. 300 sets of patient data will be divided on a randomised basis into a group of 200 from whom the prospective new scoring system will be devised, and a group of 100 in whom the score will be tested for validity against NRS-2002.

  Within 6 months of completion of recruitment

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Validation of new score against GLIM

  Within 6 months of completion of recruitment

Interventions

Standard nutrition screening tools to be compared with routine blood tests DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

None other than completion of questionnaires one of which would be done in routine practice

Eligibility Criteria

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

Study Population

In-patient in department of internal medicine

You may qualify if:

• In-patient in department of internal medicine

You may not qualify if:

• Unable to complete questionnaire or in protective isolation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Tartu: lead

Study Sites (1)

Tartu Ülikooli Kliinikum

Tartu, Tartu, 50406, Estonia

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Visiting Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 8, 2022
• First Posted: September 19, 2022
• Study Start: September 6, 2021
• Primary Completion: March 23, 2022
• Study Completion: March 23, 2022
• Last Updated: September 19, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (1)