An observational study in Malnutrition, Child, sponsored by Rennes University Hospital. Completed at 6 sites in France. Open to participants aged 10 Years to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-12.
Sponsored by Rennes University Hospital · Observational
The goal is to find a simple tool that can be used by medical and paramedical staff and that is reliable to identify children at risk for malnutrition.
The Ingesta Easy Assessment Score (SEFI®) (formerly "food intake assessment tool or EPA®") is validated in hospitals in adults to detect the risk of malnutrition and guide nutritional management. SEFI® combines a visual analogue scale (VAS) with a visual assessment of the portions consumed (www.sefi-nutrition.com). It comes in the form of a ruler equipped with a cursor and allows a visual assessment, by the patient himself, of his food intake, using an analog scale, or a choice of portions. consumed (see appendix). A score \<7/10 is associated with malnutrition or the risk of malnutrition.
The investigators hypothesize that, in pediatric services for children 10 years of age or older, SEFI® would be a feasible and reliable tool for screening for the risk of malnutrition.
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This study's enrollment of 368 is above the median of 300 across 31 observational studies indexed under Child Nutrition Disorders.
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Children aged 10 to 17 and hospitalized in pediatric or pediatric surgery, regardless of the reason for hospitalization
Exclusion Criteria:
Detect the risk of malnutrition with the SEFI tool
Assess the reliability of SEFI® for detecting the risk of acute malnutrition in pediatrics
rate of agreement between the diagnoses of malnutrition obtained by the SEFI® tool and those obtained by diagnostic tools already validated in children: the Weight to Height ratio (or Waterlow index)
Time frame: 6 month
reliability of SEFI ® to detect the risk of chronic undernutrition in pediatrics
rate of agreement between the diagnoses of malnutrition obtained by the SEFI® tool and those obtained by diagnostic tools already validated in children: Weight to Age ratio and Height to Age ratio
Time frame: 6 months
feasibility of SEFI®
Percentage of completion of the test compared to the number of subjects included in the study (if the test is carried out for each person included = 100% feasibility)
Time frame: 6 months
correlations of VAS results (score or portions consumed) with occurrence of complications and length of hospital stay
Duration of hospitalization and complications during hospitalization
Time frame: 9 months
Plan to share: Undecided
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