Analyses of Malnutrition Screening in Internal Medicine

NCT05918900 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: BB 073/23
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 323
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this observational study is to study the presence and consequences of malnutrition risk in hospitalized internal medicine patients. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. 1.How many patients are at risk of malnutrition at admission?
2. 2.Is there a link between an existing malnutrition risk and nutrition therapy that the patients receive?
3. 3.Is there a link between an existing malnutrition risk and clinical outcome (e.g. length of hospital stay, mortality, need for rehospitalization)?

Conditions

Malnutrition

Keywords

Malnutrition risk; Screening; Internal medicine; Nutritional Risk Screening 2002; Gastroenterology; Nephrology; Endocrinology; Rheumatology

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Overall presence of malnutrition risk

  Prevalence of malnutrition risk, i.e. Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS-2002) score \>= 3 points, in all internal medicine patients at hospital admission. NRS-2002 score ranges from 0 to 7, with higher values indicating greater nutritional risk.

  Baseline

Secondary Outcomes (12)

• Presence of malnutrition risk in gastroenterology

  Baseline

• Presence of malnutrition risk in endocrinology

  Baseline

• Presence of malnutrition risk in rheumatology

  Baseline

• Presence of malnutrition risk in nephrology

  Baseline

• Relation of malnutrition risk to nutritional consultation

  Baseline

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

Patients will be recruited at University Medicine Greifswald (Northeast Germany). Internal medicine patients with any gastrointestinal, endocrine, rheumatic, or nephrological disease admitted to the hospital will be identified in the respective wards and will be approached for study inclusion.

You may qualify if:

• hospital admission for gastrointestinal, endocrine, rheumatic, or nephrological condition
• provision of informed consent

You may not qualify if:

• inability to provide consent
• unfeasibility to perform malnutrition screening within 48h after admission

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Medicine Greifswald: lead

Study Sites (1)

University Medicine Greifswald

Greifswald, 17475, Germany

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Malnutrition

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Study Officials

• Ali A Aghdassi, Professor

  University Medicine Greifswald

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 15, 2023
• First Posted: June 26, 2023
• Study Start: June 5, 2023
• Primary Completion: September 22, 2023
• Study Completion: September 22, 2023
• Last Updated: December 8, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-12

Locations

DE (1)