Study designed to develop a tool to assess whether food needs in child cancer patients are met by validating it, through comparing with the standardized (established) tool to calculated Recommended Dietary Allowance in children and with standard (established) tool, WHO formula for diet pla
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: C00-D49- NeoplasmsHealth Condition 2: E43- Unspecified severe protein-caloriemalnutrition
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/04/024662
- Lead Sponsor
- Tata Memorial Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 150
Inclusion Criteria
1. Children diagnosed with cancer in the group 2- 10 years of age.
2. Patients on active curative intent treatment; less than one year from diagnosis.
3. Patients with no side effects like mucositis, loss of appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, etc.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patient with severe malnutrition.
2. Patients on enteral tube feeds or parenteral mode of nutrition.
3. Not consenting to study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To develop and validate modified dietary assessment toolsTimepoint: 1. 24 hour dietary recall <br/ ><br>2. Food frequency questionnaire
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot ApplicableTimepoint: Not Applicable