Validation of a Nutrition Screening Tool

Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Status: Completed

Conditions: Endometrial Cancer; Sarcoma; Vulvar Cancer; Gastric Cancer; Esophageal Cancer; Vaginal Cancer; Adenocarcinoma of the Gastroesophageal Junction; Fallopian Tube Cancer; Ovarian Cancer; Cervical Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01851928

CCR 3621

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of two nutrition screening tools to identify inpatients with malnutrition or at risk of malnutrition. The two tools are the Royal Marsden Abridged Adult Nutrition Screening Tool (AANST) and the Malnutrition Screening Tool (MST)[10] The tools will be compared with the currently accepted gold standard, Patient Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA). Both screening tools are in the form of scored questionnaires and are suitable for electronic input.

The ultimate objective is to select an adult inpatient nutrition screening tool with the highest sensitivity for future use in the oncology inpatient setting in order to allow prompt commencement of an appropriate nutrition care plan.

Enrollment: 128 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All adult inpatients, over the age of 18, admitted to RMH for whom a measured weight and height can be obtained

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients for whom it is not possible to obtain a measured height and weight
• People with a definitive diagnosis of dementia
• People who lack capacity to understand the purpose of the study and to consent
• Patients who are unable to understand and speak English