Can the use of a rapid nutrition screening tool facilitate timely dietetic referrals on the acute renal wards? – A validation study

Not Applicable

• Conditions: utrition screening; Kidney disease; Nutrition screening; Diet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders; Renal and Urogenital - Kidney disease; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613000318785
• Lead Sponsor: Institute of Food Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-03-21
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 229

Inclusion Criteria

any patients admitted on Ward one due to acute kidney injury, chronic renal failure, and established renal failure (on haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis or transplant).

Exclusion Criteria

patients with learning disabilities, mental illness, dementia, terminal illness, being unconscious, emergency situations, and inability to consent for themselves.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
TThe effectiveness of this proposed nutrition screening tool in recognising renal inpatients at risk of undernutrition in comparison with undernutrition assessments. Subjective global assessment and hand grip results will be used as the gold standard for assessing the sensitivity and specificity of the screening tool. Area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, sensitivity and specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value and their 95% confidence intervals will be summarised. Multiple logistic regression models will be used to correlate results from the screening tool against the gold standard results, adjusted by patients’ characteristics.[After the implementation of the tool on the ward level over a period of eight weeks or until the number of participants reaches 229.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The acceptability of the newly developed screening tool as a standard practice by nursing staff on the renal ward using a qualitative survey with open ended questions.[After the implementation of the tool on ward level at the end of the eight week period.]