The Self Evaluation of Food Intake (SEFI) as a Screening Test for Hospital Malnutrition in Children Over 10 Years

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The goal is to find a simple tool that can be used by medical and paramedical staff and that is reliable to identify children at risk for malnutrition.

Detailed Description
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The Ingesta Easy Assessment Score (SEFI®) (formerly food intake assessment tool or EPA®) is validated in hospitals in adults to detect the risk of malnutrition and guide nutritional management. SEFI® combines a visual analogue scale (VAS) with a visual assessment of the portions consumed (www.sefi-nutrition.com). It comes in the form of a ruler equipped with a cursor and allows a visual assessment, by the patient himself, of his food intake, using an analog scale, or a choice of portions. consumed (see appendix). A score <7/10 is associated with malnutrition or the risk of malnutrition. The investigators hypothesize that, in pediatric services for children 10 years of age or older, SEFI® would be a feasible and reliable tool for screening for the risk of malnutrition.

Official Title
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The Self Evaluation of Food Intake (SEFI) as a Screening Test for Hospital Malnutrition in Children Over 10 Years

Conditions
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Malnutrition, Child

Intervention / Treatment
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* Diagnostic Test: SEFI tool


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Children aged 10 to 17 and hospitalized in pediatric or pediatric surgery, regardless of the reason for hospitalization. Whose holders of parental authority have received information on the protocol and have not expressed their opposition to the child's participation in the study, Having received information on the protocol and not having expressed opposition to participating in the study. Exclusion Criteria: Patients whose level of understanding does not allow the use of SEFI®

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 10 Years
Maximum Age: 17 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Diagnostic Test: SEFI tool|Detect the risk of malnutrition with the SEFI tool|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Assess the reliability of SEFI® for detecting the risk of acute malnutrition in pediatrics | rate of agreement between the diagnoses of malnutrition obtained by the SEFI® tool and those obtained by diagnostic tools already validated in children: the Weight to Height ratio (or Waterlow index) | 6 month | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| reliability of SEFI ® to detect the risk of chronic undernutrition in pediatrics | rate of agreement between the diagnoses of malnutrition obtained by the SEFI® tool and those obtained by diagnostic tools already validated in children: Weight to Age ratio and Height to Age ratio | 6 months | 
| feasibility of SEFI® | Percentage of completion of the test compared to the number of subjects included in the study (if the test is carried out for each person included = 100% feasibility) | 6 months | 
| correlations of VAS results (score or portions consumed) with occurrence of complications and length of hospital stay | Duration of hospitalization and complications during hospitalization | 9 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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MALNUTRITION, CHILDREN, SEFI