VITAmin and Micronutrient Testing: Acceptability and SCOPE of Point-of-care Device

Launched by NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · Mar 12, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

Malnutrition, where there is an insufficient supply or inability to absorb nutrients is classified by the World Health Organisation as the biggest worldwide threat to public health. Untreated malnutrition is an independent risk factor for mortality and is associated with increased healthcare costs. Malnutrition is not only found in association with low weight but is also found in individuals with morbid obesity. Obese individuals experience a state of paradoxical malnutrition; despite excessive dietary intake they have high micronutrient deficiencies rates due to intake of energy-dense, nut...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patient aged\>10 years or parents of a patient being seen in a NNUH CEW clinic.
• • Parents/Participants must have capacity to consent/assent and provide a signed and dated informed consent
• • Able to participate in an interview regarding the acceptability/usability of the device.
• Exclusion criteria:
• • - Potential participants will not be eligible if they lack capacity to provide informed consent (or in the case of young people under the age of 16, informed assent and informed parental consent)

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