Validation of the CONUT Software Tool for Screening Clinical Malnutrition in the University Hospital La Paz

September 12, 2019 updated by: Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz
Nutrition Department of University Hospital La Paz decided to implement some method of screening in our centre which allowed us to detect as many patients with malnutrition risk as possible. Due to the large size of our centre, with about 1,500 beds and the few human resources in our unit, we chose to use the CONUT system (Nutritional Control), a 100% automatic method based on analytical parameters, very easy to use, low cost and whose validity is confirmed, characteristics that fulfilled our needs. The implementation of this nutritional screening method has led to a change in the ìnutritionafi culture of our centre respect to DRM in most of our professionals: doctors and nurses and even in the management team, so all of them understand the importance of the process and know about the available tools and knowledge to indicate an adequate and early nutritional support.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

233

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Spain
      • Madrid, Spain
        • Institute for Health Research IdiPAZ

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

15 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT, CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

Cross-sectional study in which the nutritional status of patients will be assessed in the first 72 hours of entry.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients of both sexes
  • Patients older than 15 years
  • Patients admitted to the General Hospital or Traumatology area
  • Patients who have signed the informed consent to participate in the study
  • Patients who do not meet any exclusion criteria.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant women.
  • Patients whose physical and / or psychic capacity prevents them from providing all the data collected by the evaluated methods or who do not have a caregiver.
  • Non-collaborating patients in data collection
  • Patients in whom a hospital stay of less than 48 hours is expected.
  • Patients who at the time of performing the analyzes are in the ICU and OER

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
To detect as many patients with malnutrition risk as possible
Time Frame: Three months
The method collects information from databases of Admission Service (affiliation, age, date) and Laboratory (albumin, cholesterol, total lymphocytes) and generates, in the report of analytical results, "alert" information about each patient's nutritional risk and also nutritional recommendations based on the risk identified. Prior to its implantation several evaluations were performed in order to allow us to better know the extra workload, as it was the main factor that could limit our ability to assume that screening method and also many training activities for doctors and hospital health professionals who were increasingly assuming responsibilities in the nutritional treatment of their patients.
Three months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

July 15, 2012

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

September 15, 2012

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

December 31, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 12, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 12, 2019

First Posted (ACTUAL)

September 13, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

September 13, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 12, 2019

Last Verified

August 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • HULP PI-2340

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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