Preventing Malnutrition and Restoring Nutritional Status in Hospitalized Children (PREDIRE)

Civil Hospices of Lyon

Status

Completed

Conditions

Nutrition Disorders

Treatments

Other: Local assistance by a dietician

Procedure: Access to a Computerized Clinical Decision Support System (CCDDS)

Behavioral: Education of Healthcare workers

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01081587

2008.522/23

Details and patient eligibility

About

This cluster-randomized trial will evaluate the impact of a multifaceted intervention (including electronic medical alerts) coordinated by a Nutritional Support Team, on adherence to recommended practices for care of starved children, among health personnel of a large university hospital. A key component of the study is to assess whether improved adherence to guidelines leads to a reduction in rates of complications.

Enrollment

1,457 patients

Sex

All

Ages

1 month to 18 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

medical and surgical units in a large teaching hospital providing pediatric acute care.
any hospital staff with direct patient care who are affiliated with a single unit (includes physicians, nurses, nursing assistants, physiotherapists, dieticians.
all children recorded as malnourished at their entrance in hospital

Exclusion criteria

neonatal and intensive care units.
any hospital staff with direct patient care who are not affiliated with a single unit.
age under one month, liver or kidney abnormalities, severe heart failure, stay less than 2 days.