NCT04536974

The "Self Evaluation of Food Intake" (SEFI) as a Screening Test for Hospital Malnutrition in Children Over 10 Years

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 680 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Rennes University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal is to find a simple tool that can be used by medical and paramedical staff and that is reliable to identify children at risk for malnutrition.

Detailed description

The Ingesta Easy Assessment Score (SEFI®) (formerly "food intake assessment tool or EPA®") is validated in hospitals in adults to detect the risk of malnutrition and guide nutritional management. SEFI® combines a visual analogue scale (VAS) with a visual assessment of the portions consumed (www.sefi-nutrition.com). It comes in the form of a ruler equipped with a cursor and allows a visual assessment, by the patient himself, of his food intake, using an analog scale, or a choice of portions. consumed (see appendix). A score \<7/10 is associated with malnutrition or the risk of malnutrition. The investigators hypothesize that, in pediatric services for children 10 years of age or older, SEFI® would be a feasible and reliable tool for screening for the risk of malnutrition.

Conditions

• Malnutrition, Child

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	SEFI tool	Detect the risk of malnutrition with the SEFI tool

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-03-10
• Primary completion: 2024-03-18
• Completion: 2024-06-18
• First posted: 2020-09-03
• Last updated: 2023-05-03

Locations

5 sites across 1 country: France