Status:
COMPLETED
Cater With Care Effect Study
Lead Sponsor:
Wageningen University
Conditions:
Undernutrition
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The objective is to study the effectiveness of supplementing a standard hospital and 12-week home menu with protein-enriched Cater with Care products in reaching a protein intake of 1,2-1,5 g/kg body ...
Detailed Description
Rationale: About 25% of hospitalized elderly patients are at risk of undernutrition at admission. Many hospitals provide an energy and protein enriched diet, extra snacks, and oral nutritional supplem...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Hospital phase:
- admitted to the wards of Geriatric medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, or Internal Medicine in Hospital Gelderse Vallei
- aged 65 years or over
- being eligible for receiving a standard protein enriched menu based on hospital protocol
- Home phase:
- included in the hospital phase of the study
- consent to continue treatment and study participation after hospital discharge
Exclusion
- Hospital phase:
- unwilling to give consent for gathering data from the medical record or meal service system
- unable to understand Dutch
- food allergies, food intolerances or other dietary restrictions that prevents the patient from receiving the standard protein enriched menu or Cater with Care products based on the judgement of a dietician and/or medical staff
- expected length of hospital stay less than 4 days
- renal insufficiency (eGFR \< 30 ml/min)
- starting with tube feeding or total parenteral nutrition within 2 days of admission
- refeeding syndrome score \> 0 based on hospital screening tool for refeeding risk
- delirium at admission
- receiving palliative care
- Home phase:
- going to a nursing home, rehabilitation centre or hospice after hospital discharge
- cognitive impairment or diagnosed with dementia
- legally incapacitated
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
162 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02213393
Start Date
October 1 2014
End Date
October 1 2015
Last Update
November 13 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Hospital Gelderse Vallei
Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands, 6716 RP