Early Detection of Malnutrition in Oncology Patients and Elderly Patients
- Conditions
- Malnutrition
- Registration Number
- NCT06499623
- Lead Sponsor
- Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic
- Brief Summary
The project is a national, prospective, multicenter, non-interventional pilot project of malnutrition screening in the Czech Republic.
The main goal of the project is to methodically prepare, implement and evaluate a pilot project that will verify the suitability of the proposed procedure for the early detection of malnutrition in oncology patients and hospitalised patients patients 65 years of age and older, as this has a significant effect on the quality of life and the effectiveness of the services provided oncological treatment.
- Detailed Description
The main goal of the project is the early detection of malnutrition in oncology patients and hospitalised patients 65 years of age and older, as this has a significant effect on the quality of life and the effectiveness of the services provided oncological treatment.
Another goal of the project will be the creation of a unified diagnostic proposal process and methodological material for determining malnutrition. This process will then be designed as the standard of nursing practice for patients with an oncological diagnosis and for persons older than 65 years such that, so that an adequate nutritional intervention is started in time, which will lead to a higher tolerance of demanding treatment and thus to increase the quality of life.
The project will include testing the procedure on a sample of approx. 1,500 oncological and 500 geriatric patients.
The project is supported by the European Social Fund (Operational Program Employment plus) and the state budget of the Czech Republic and is registered by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic under ID: CZ.03.02.02/00/22_005/0000282.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 2000
Cohort Oncological patients:
- 18+
- an oncological diagnosis
- a survival prognosis of at least 3 months
Cohort Patients older than 65 years:
- 65+
- hospitalization at least 14 days or longer
Exclusion Criteria (both cohorts):
- not agreeing to participate in the project
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of people with malnutrition according to the PSNPO questionnaire Until 31. 3. 2026
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Proportion of people with initiated nutritional intervention Until 31. 3. 2026
Trial Locations
- Locations (9)
Brno University Hospital
🇨🇿Brno, Czechia
Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute
🇨🇿Brno, Czechia
Hospital AGEL Nový Jičín a.s.
🇨🇿Nový Jičín, Czechia
University Hospital Olomouc
🇨🇿Olomouc, Czechia
University Hospital Pilsen
🇨🇿Pilsen, Czechia
Bulovka Hospital
🇨🇿Prague, Czechia
General University Hospital, Prague
🇨🇿Prague, Czechia
Military University Hospital, Prague
🇨🇿Prague, Czechia
University Hospital, Motol
🇨🇿Prague, Czechia
Brno University Hospital🇨🇿Brno, Czechia