Validation of a Nutrition Screening Tool

Completed

• Conditions: Malnutrition
• Interventions: Other: Consumer Mini Nutritional Assessment

• Registration Number: NCT01473706
• Lead Sponsor: Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)

Brief 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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-08
• Study First Submitted: 2011-11-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-11-14
• Study First Posted: 2011-11-17
• Primary Completion: 2012-01
• Study Completion: 2012-06
• Status Verified: 2013-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-07-16
• Last Update Posted: 2013-07-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 463

Inclusion Criteria

• Consumer

• Age ≥ 65 years

• Employed part-time, unemployed, retired, full-time homemaker

• English speaking

  • Caregiver of Consumer

• Family, relative, friend, professional caregiver of an individual age ≥ 65 years

• Lives with individual aged ≥ 65 years OR Visits individual aged ≥ 65 years five or more days a week

  • Makes decisions or has strong influence on the individual aged ≥ 65 years' diet and medical needs.

• English speaking

Exclusion Criteria

• Consumer

-- Full time employment

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Consumers	Consumer Mini Nutritional Assessment	Adults aged ≥ 65 years; Employed part-time, unemployed, retired, full-time or a homemaker; English speaking
Caregivers of Consumers	Consumer Mini Nutritional Assessment	Family, relative, friend, professional caregiver of an individual age ≥ 65 years; Lives with individual aged ≥ 65 years OR Visits individual aged ≥ 65 years five or more days a week; Makes decisions or has strong influence on the individual aged ≥ 65 years' diet and medical needs; English speaking

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sensitivity and the specificity (in percent) of the consumer version of the Mini Nutritional Assessment versus a validated nutrition screening tool	Within a one hour visit

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Ability of the consumer version of the Mini Nutritional Assessment to predict the accuracy of the nutrition status classifications (normal nutritional status, at risk of malnutrition & malnourished)	Within a one hour visit

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kantar Health; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States