Interest of a Visual Scale for Evaluating Food Portions as a Screening Tool for Nutritional Risk in Pediatrics

NCT06026059 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: RC31/20/0059
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Undernutrition

Keywords

undernutrition; diagnostic; screening

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Evaluation of the SEFI scale as a screening tool for child's nutritional risk.

  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

  Day 1

Study Arms (1)

interview with the dietician

Initially, parent(s) and child will be interviewed together, details of the dietary record, as well as the data needed to calculate the nutritional risk score will be obtained. The interview will then be only with the child, he will be asked to determine, on his/her own, the portion of food he/she thinks he/she ate the previous evening, using the SEFI score. Finally, one of the two parents will determine, on their own, the portion of food they think their child ate the previous evening, using the SEFI score.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 15 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients with a scheduled hospitalization, according to the day hospital scheduling list, will be proposed to participate in the study

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Toulouse: lead

Study Sites (1)

CHU Toulouse

Toulouse, 31059, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Malnutrition; Disease

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Céline BARDE

  University Hospital, Toulouse

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 29, 2023
• First Posted: September 6, 2023
• Study Start: July 6, 2020
• Primary Completion: October 6, 2022
• Study Completion: October 6, 2022
• Last Updated: September 6, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (1)