Developing a Nutrition Support Assessment Tool

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Nutrition Assessment; Food Insecurity
• Interventions: Other: Nutrition Interventions

• Registration Number: NCT06450860
• Lead Sponsor: Thomas Jefferson University

Brief Summary

The research team developed the Nutrition Support Assessment Tool (NSAT) that incorporates key patient life information (e.g., ability to cook, access to refrigerator/stove, medical conditions and nutritional status) to facilitate individualized nutrition referral. The overall goal of this study is to refine and test the NSAT as a systematic approach to prov...

Detailed Description

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Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-05-21
• Study First Submitted: 2024-05-23
• Status Verified: 2024-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-06-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-06-06
• Study First Posted: 2024-06-10
• Last Update Posted: 2024-06-10
• Primary Completion: 2025-02
• Study Completion: 2025-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 years of age or older
• Currently admitted to Thomas Jefferson University or Methodist Hospital or Emergency Department
• Has working phone number and is willing to participate in follow-up data collection
• Eats by mouth
• Lives in MANNA's geographic service area
• Patient reports food insecurity or malnutrition using existing screening tools

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Exclusion Criteria

• Unwilling to provide consent
• Unsheltered/unhoused
• Lives in or is being discharged to facility that provides daily meals (e.g., long term care, incarcerated)
• On hospice or has life expectancy of less than 4 months, per clinician
• Not consentable
• Deaf or has other major communication barriers that compromises ability to participate in study activities

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Nutrition Intervention	Nutrition Interventions	Participants receive an individualized food provision and/or supplemental food support referral based on responses to the NSAT.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reach of Nutrition Interventions	Baseline	# and type of referrals made based on NSAT results

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Uptake of Nutrition Interventions	Week 1 & Week 4	# and type of referrals accepted and utilized by participants
Acceptability of Nutrition Intervention	Week 1 & Week 4	Acceptability of nutrition interventions using the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM)
Satisfaction with Nutrition Intervention	Week 4	Self-reported satisfaction with nutrition intervention using a research-team developed assessment.
Appropriateness of Nutrition Intervention	Week 1 & Week 4	Appropriateness of nutrition interventions using the Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital; 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States