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NCT Number: NCT03914560

Nutritional Intakes in Burn Patients Treated as Outpatients

Nutrition is a key component of burn care. The primary goal of nutrition is to provide adequate supply in macro and micronutrients that are necessary to maintain organ function but also to wound healing, infection control and muscle preservation.

Studies about nutrition and burn care are mainly focused on severe burn patients. There is a few or no data regarding nutrition in minor burns. Those patients rarely receive a multidisciplinary approach, at least in Belgium.

The present study aimed to describe the nutritional condition of less severe burn patients treated as outpatients in a Belgian burn center. The ultimate goal was to determine whether this population needs specific dietetics follow-up or not.

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Key information

Conditions

Burns Malnutrition Nutrition Disorders Nutritional Deficiency Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Wounds and Injuries

Age range

1 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

University Hospital of Li§ge

Liège, 4000, Belgium

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Burn treated exclusively in an outpatient clinic

Exclusion criteria

  • Not french speaking
  • Psychiatric disorders
  • Patient refusal

Treatment and study plan

Burn injury

Other

minor burn injury

Primary outcomes

  1. nutritional intakes

    Time frame: During the first week following injury

    Using a standardized food questionnaire, mean daily nutritional intakes were calculated for each patient (macronutrients and micronutrients). Food questionnaire is a questionnaire created by our dietetics unit, aiming to quantify the amount of food eaten at each meal. Quantities of macronutrients and micronutrients at each meal were then calculated using tables of food content (Nubel for all nutrients, excepting vitamin E calculated according Ciqual table).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Body composition

    Time frame: During the first week following injury

    Body composition measured using bio impedance

  2. Handgrip strength

    Time frame: During the first week following injury

    Strength measured an handheld dynamometer

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Liege

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Evaluation of Macronutrients and Micronutrients Intakes in Burn Patients Treated as Outpatients

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Apr 16, 2019
Registry last updated
Apr 16, 2019

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