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NCT Number: NCT06496984

Valutazione All'Ingresso Del Rischio Nutrizionale in Pazienti Ricoverati Nel Reparto di Medicina Interna (AMIDO)

The aim of this study is to identify the risk of malnutrition in patients admitted to the Internal Medicine departments using the MUST screening tool. Additional aspects are to evaluate malnourished patients' characteristics and effectiveness of an early nutritional programme started during hospitalization.

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Key information

Conditions

Malnutrition Hospitalized Patient Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

18 year–99 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Alessandria (ASL AL)

Alessandria, Piedmont, 15121, Italy

About this study

Malnutrition is defined as a nutritional state characterized by an excess or deficient intake of nutrients. This condition may result in a change in body composition and in organic disfunctions. Malnutrition in hospitalized patients is a condition prevalent worldwide affecting between 20% and 50% of patients at admission, with further increase expected during hospitalization. Patients hospitalized in internal medicine departments are frequently older with multimorbidity and polypharmacy, so very likely to be malnourished, but the prevalence and determinants of malnutrition remain unclear.

In AMIDO study, all patients with MUST 1 and 2 will be sent to the a dietitian. The clinician will act on the patient's characteristics by providing different dietary therapies, such as oral nutritional supports (ONS), extra nutritional cares, diet changes without supplements and artificial nutrition.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients admitted from 1st January 2023 to 31th May 2023 at the Internal Medicine Department of the Monsignor Giovanni Galliano Hospital in Acqui Terme of the Alessandria ASL.

Exclusion criteria

  • none

Treatment and study plan

Nutritional intervention

Other

Diet changes with different dietary therapies, such as oral nutritional supports (ONS), extra nutritional cares, diet changes without supplements and artificial nutrition.

Primary outcomes

  1. Risk of malnutrition

    Time frame: Before the intervention (Baseline/T0) and at the hospital discharge, an average of 8 days after (Final/T1)

    Assessment of patients' risk of malnutrition on admission through the MUST questionnaire.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Clinical conditions and malnutrition

    Time frame: Before the intervention (Baseline/T0) and at the hospital discharge, an average of 8 days after (Final/T1)

    Correlation between clinical outcomes of enrolled patients and level of malnutrition on admission, measured by MUST questionnaire

  2. Gender and malnutrition

    Time frame: Before the intervention (Baseline/T0) and at the hospital discharge, an average of 8 days after (Final/T1)

    Correlation between gender of enrolled patients and nutritional status at the time of admission, measured by MUST questionnaire

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Alessandria

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Valutazione in Ingresso Del Rischio Nutrizionale Del Paziente in SC Medicina Interna Del P.O. di Acqui Terme in Regime di Ricovero: Presa in Carico Nutrizionale Per Ottimizzare l'Outcome di Patologia Acuta e Monitoraggio Nel Post-ricovero

Acronym: AMIDO

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Jul 11, 2024
Registry last updated
Jul 11, 2024

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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