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Preventing Malnutrition and Restoring Nutritional Status in Hospitalized Children

NCT01081587 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1457

Last updated 2025-12-19

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Summary

This cluster-randomized trial will evaluate the impact of a multifaceted intervention (including electronic medical alerts) coordinated by a Nutritional Support Team, on adherence to recommended practices for care of starved children, among health personnel of a large university hospital. A key component of the study is to assess whether improved adherence to guidelines leads to a reduction in rates of complications.

Conditions

  • Nutrition Disorders

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Access to a Computerized Clinical Decision Support System (CCDDS)

Automatic CCDSS will alert physician for each case of malnourished using an algorithm based on age, sex, weight and size of each hospitalized children.

BEHAVIORAL

Education of Healthcare workers

Education of the hospital staff to evidence-based practices in malnutrition care will be proposed in the experimental arm. Specific training will be targeted on participants according to their function.

OTHER

Local assistance by a dietician

Assistance will be conducted locally by a local dietician. Periodic multidisciplinary meetings will be attended by the hospital staff belonging to the intervention arm, including the analysis of clinical incidents related to nutrition care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospices Civils de Lyon

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Noël PERETTI, MD, PhD · Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant (Bron, France)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Month
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2011-10-31
Completion
2011-10-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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