NCT01473706

Validation of a Nutrition Screening Tool

Mini Nutritional Assessment: Consumer Validation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 463 (actual)
• Sponsor: Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN) · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the accuracy of a new consumer nutrition screening tool to an established and validated nutrition screening tool currently completed by healthcare practitioners.

Detailed description

The main objective of the study is to determine the accuracy of the self-administered consumer Mini Nutritional Assessment by comparing the level of agreement in the categorization of nutritional status between the self-administered Mini Nutritional Assessment and a validated nutrition screening tool in a population aged 65 and older.

Conditions

• Malnutrition

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Consumer Mini Nutritional Assessment	A 11 question, self administered nutrition screening tool. The consumer and their caregiver will complete the consumer version of the Mini Nutritional Assessment. A healthcare professional will then meet with the consumer and complete a nutrition screening with utilizing a validated nutrition screening tool.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-08-01
• Primary completion: 2012-01-01
• Completion: 2012-06-01
• First posted: 2011-11-17
• Last updated: 2013-07-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States