NCT06516367

Screening Tool for Malnutrition, Sarcopenia, and Cachexia

Development and Validation of a New Tool for Simultaneous Screening of Malnutrition, Sarcopenia, and Cachexia in Older Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 300 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ain Shams University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

There is an accumulating evidence of the overlap and frequent co-occurrence of twasting conditions in older adults. Those conditions include malnutrition, sarcopenia, and cachexia, Therefore , a tool capable of simultaneously screening for all three conditions is imperative. In this study, we developed and validated a new tool for the simultaneous screening of muscle wasting diseases in older adults. The diagnostic accuracy of the new tool was compared to other validated screening tools including the Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form (MNA-SF), the Short Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire (SNAQ), and the Simple Questionnaire to Rapidly Diagnose Sarcopenia (SARC-F).

Conditions

• Malnutrition
• Sarcopenia
• Cachexia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Ain Shams University Screening Tool for Malnutrition, Sarcopenia, and Cachexia (ASUST-MSC)	25 items dichotomous questionnaire

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-06-01
• Primary completion: 2024-04-30
• Completion: 2024-04-30
• First posted: 2024-07-23
• Last updated: 2024-07-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt