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Validation and Impact of Paediatric Malnutrition Screening Tool in Hospitalised Children

NCT01563393 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 484

Last updated 2021-01-20

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Summary

Children hospitalized due to an acute disease may suffer from acute malnutrition or chronic malnutrition caused by chronic diseases.

We aimed to evaluate the use of the Screening Tool for the Assessment of Malnutrition in Pediatrics (STAMP) among children admitted in a pediatric hospital, and assess its effect on medical staff's awareness to nutritional status and health outcomes at discharge.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition

Interventions

OTHER

questionnaire STAMP and dietary

Children will undergo a complete evaluation by an investigating dietician and assessment by the STAMP tool in order to determine the extent of the nutritional risk on a numerical scale. According to findings children will get the dietary recommendations.

OTHER

No intervention

The Placebo Comparator arm children got the classic care that practiced in hospitalization

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rabin Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Raanan Shamir, Professor · Institute of Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Year
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2018-07-31
Completion
2018-07-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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