Clinical trial NCT04536974: The "Self Evaluation of Food Intake" (SEFI) as a Screening Test for Hospital Malnutrition in Children Over 10 Years
Official title: The "Self Evaluation of Food Intake" (SEFI) as a Screening Test for Hospital Malnutrition in Children Over 10 Years
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Malnutrition, Child
Keywords: MALNUTRITION
CHILDREN
SEFI
Lead sponsor: Rennes University Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-09-03
Enrollment: 680
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 10
Maximum age (years): 17
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Children aged 10 to 17 and hospitalized in pediatric or pediatric surgery, regardless of the reason for hospitalization

Brief summary: 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: 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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®

Primary outcomes:
measure: Assess the reliability of SEFI® for detecting the risk of acute malnutrition in pediatrics
timeFrame: 6 month
Secondary outcomes:
measure: reliability of SEFI ® to detect the risk of chronic undernutrition in pediatrics
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: feasibility of SEFI®
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: correlations of VAS results (score or portions consumed) with occurrence of complications and length of hospital stay
timeFrame: 9 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Angers
country: France
facility: CHU Angers
city: Paris
country: France
facility: APHP Trousseau Paris University Hospital
city: Rennes
country: France
facility: Rennes University Hospital
city: Toulouse
country: France
facility: CHU Toulouse
city: Tours
country: France
facility: Tours University Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Rennes University Hospital
name: Gauthier Foulon, Doctor
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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