Analyses of Malnutrition Screening in Internal Medicine
NCT ID: NCT05918900
Last Updated: 2023-12-08
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
323 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2023-06-05
2023-09-22
Brief Summary
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The main questions it aims to answer are:
1. How many patients are at risk of malnutrition at admission?
2. Is there a link between an existing malnutrition risk and nutrition therapy that the patients receive?
3. Is there a link between an existing malnutrition risk and clinical outcome (e.g. length of hospital stay, mortality, need for rehospitalization)?
Participants will be screened for malnutrition risk at admission using a validated questionnaire (Nutritional Risk Screening 2002). All relevant data regarding hospital stay will be obtained from the clinical information system after discharge.
Detailed Description
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Although clinical and economic benefit of systematic malnutrition screening have been shown in various settings and for different patient groups, such screening is still not mandatory in most countries. In part, establishment of malnutrition screening is hampered by discrepant findings on the prevalence of malnutrition risk and the lack of evidence on a local level.
Hence, in this observational study the investigators examine the results of systematic malnutrition screening in internal medicine patients admitted to a university hospital in Northeast Germany. In particular, the investigators aim to determine the prevalence of malnutrition risk at hospital admission, the association between malnutrition risk and nutrition therapy as well as clinical outcome in different disciplines of internal medicine.
For this purpose, all patients undergo screening for malnutrition risk at admission using a validated instrument (Nutritional Risk Screening 2002). All relevant data regarding the patients' hospital stay will be obtained from the clinical information system after discharge.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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OTHER
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* provision of informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
* unfeasibility to perform malnutrition screening within 48h after admission
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University Medicine Greifswald
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Ali A Aghdassi, Professor
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University Medicine Greifswald
Locations
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University Medicine Greifswald
Greifswald, , Germany
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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BB 073/23
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id