nderstanding of malnutrition in people with complex multiple disabilities.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- complex multiple disabilities1008362410057167
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON36282
- Lead Sponsor
- Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 125
Inclusion Criteria
- Person with complex multiple disabilities;
- Living in a care institution participating in the Governor Kremers Centre (GKC);
- Chronically confined to a wheelchair or bedridden;
- 18+ years.
Exclusion Criteria
- Parenteral nutrition;
- Serious infection;
- Terminal illness.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Concerning measurement of body composition, the Deuterium dilution method will<br /><br>be used. A blood sample will be collected for measurement of nutrients.<br /><br>Furthermore, clinical parameters (weight, height and abdominal girth) will be<br /><br>measured.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>A questionnaire will be submitted to the carer responsible for the patient.<br /><br>This questionnaire contains questions about the health status and the use of<br /><br>medication by the patient, the intake of specific food and nutrients, feeding<br /><br>habits, behavioural problems and problems that occur during feeding as well as<br /><br>the (probable) appreciation of feeding by the patient. </p><br>