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NCT Number: NCT03555461

Analysis of EPA® (a Food Intake Assessment Tool) as a Screening Test for Malnutrition in General Medicine

The main objective is to evaluate the sensitivity of the EPA® for screening for malnutrition in general medicine in adults.

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Key information

Conditions

Malnutrition Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Cabinet médical des Rosiers, Acigné, France

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • To be an adult,
  • Consulting the principal investigator, a general practitioner in his activity of substitute doctor,
  • During the inclusion period,
  • Not opposed to participating in the study.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients benefiting from artificial nutrition,
  • Patients with advanced dementia,
  • Pregnant or postpartum women,
  • Patients who do not understand or speak French,
  • Patients treated with diuretics who have had a change in treatment dosage during the last 6 months,
  • Patients for whom weight measurement is not possible in the office (wheelchair, disability ...),
  • Patients who have already been included once,
  • Patients who have had surgery for obesity,
  • Major persons subject to legal protection (legal safeguards, guardianship, tutorship), persons deprived of their liberty, ...

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. presence or absence of malnutrition

    Time frame: The inclusion day

    presence or absence of malnutrition based on BMI and / or percentage of weight loss

  2. Score EPA

    Time frame: The inclusion day

    score obtained with the EPA® tool (assessment of food intake)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Rennes University Hospital

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Registry information

Acronym: GEN-EPA

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jun 13, 2018
Registry last updated
Jun 13, 2018

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