Clinical trial NCT06026059: Interest of a Visual Scale for Evaluating Food Portions as a Screening Tool for Nutritional Risk in Pediatrics
Official title: Interest of a Visual Scale for Evaluating Food Portions as a Screening Tool for Nutritional Risk in Pediatrics
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Undernutrition
Keywords: undernutrition
diagnostic
screening
Lead sponsor: University Hospital, Toulouse
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-09-06
Enrollment: 100
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 8
Maximum age (years): 15
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
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

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.

Detailed description: HAS defines undernutrition as a state of nutritional imbalance, characterized by a negative energy and/or protein balance. This negative balance may be linked to a deficit in isolated intake and/or an increase in energy and/or protein expenditure.

In current practice, there are various nutritional risk scores and diagnostic tools which are used in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Practitioners can use discs to quickly and easily determine BMI, which corresponds to the ratio of Weight (Kg) / Height² (m). 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 could be useful to for medical and paramedical staff. In this way, a larger proportion of the paediatric population could benefit from nutritional screening.

In adults, a visual food intake scale exists and has been validated for screening for nutritional risk. The hypothesis of this study is that the visual food intake scale could be a good tool for screening for nutritional risk in paediatrics

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 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

Exclusion Criteria:

* 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Evaluation of the SEFI scale as a screening tool for child's nutritional risk.
timeFrame: Day 1
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Toulouse
country: France
facility: CHU Toulouse
Study officials:
affiliation: University Hospital, Toulouse
name: Céline BARDE
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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