Developing a Nutrition Support Assessment Tool

NCT06450860 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: iRISID-2022-1304
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The research team developed the Nutrition Support Assessment Tool (NSAT) that incorporates key patient life information (e.g., ability to cook, access to refrigerator/stove, medical conditions and nutritional status) to facilitate individualized nutrition referral. The overall goal of this study is to refine and test the NSAT as a systematic approach to provide individualized nutrition needs screening and referral for patients being discharged from the acute care setting at Jefferson Health. The investigators hypothesize the NSAT will be successful in identifying individualized nutrition referrals that are deemed acceptable and appropriate by enrolled participants.

Conditions

Nutrition Assessment; Food Insecurity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Reach of Nutrition Interventions

  \# and type of referrals made based on NSAT results

  Baseline

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Uptake of Nutrition Interventions

  Week 1 & Week 4

• Acceptability of Nutrition Intervention

  Week 1 & Week 4

• Appropriateness of Nutrition Intervention

  Week 1 & Week 4

• Satisfaction with Nutrition Intervention

  Week 4

Study Arms (1)

Nutrition Intervention

OTHER

Participants receive an individualized food provision and/or supplemental food support referral based on responses to the NSAT.

Other: Nutrition Interventions

Interventions

Nutrition Interventions OTHER

Individualized food provision and/or supplemental referral based on participant's unique needs/responses to assessment (NSAT). Food provision interventions include medically tailored meals, home delivered prepared meals, grocery boxes, grocery delivery services, food pantries, and soup kitchens/meal sites. Supplemental interventions include SNAP benefit enrollment support, nutrition education, and cooking education.

Nutrition Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• years of age or older
• Currently admitted to Thomas Jefferson University or Methodist Hospital or Emergency Department
• Has working phone number and is willing to participate in follow-up data collection
• Eats by mouth
• Lives in MANNA's geographic service area
• Patient reports food insecurity or malnutrition using existing screening tools

You may not qualify if:

• Unwilling to provide consent
• Unsheltered/unhoused
• Lives in or is being discharged to facility that provides daily meals (e.g., long term care, incarcerated)
• On hospice or has life expectancy of less than 4 months, per clinician
• Not consentable
• Deaf or has other major communication barriers that compromises ability to participate in study activities

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Thomas Jefferson University: lead
• The MANNA Institute: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Diet Therapy

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nutrition Therapy; Therapeutics

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 23, 2024
• First Posted: June 10, 2024
• Study Start: May 21, 2024
• Primary Completion: November 12, 2024
• Study Completion: April 1, 2025
• Last Updated: April 2, 2025

Record last verified: 2024-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)