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A randomized controlled trial on the effect of pre-thickened oral nutritional supplements on nutritional status of nursing home residents with oropharyngeal dysphagia and (at risk of) malnutritio

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
dysfagie
undernourishment and swallowing disorder
10003018
Registration Number
NL-OMON48281
Lead Sponsor
niversiteit Maastricht
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
156
Inclusion Criteria

1. male or female nursing home resident * 65 years of age
2. diagnosis of (risk on) malnutrition based on the validated short nutritional
assessment questionnaire for residential care (SNAQrc)
3. diagnosis of oropharyngeal dysphagia based on the 90 mL water swallow test
(WST) according to Dutch guidelines and subsequent assessment by speech and
language therapist (SLT)
4. admitted to * or living in a somatic - or psychogeriatric ward in one of the
participating nursing homes
5. written informed consent (IC) from participant or legal representative

Exclusion Criteria

- consequent daily use of protein- and/or energy containing ONS in the past 4
weeks
- consequent use of enteral - or parenteral nutrition at the moment of
screening or 4 weeks prior to screening
- investigator*s uncertainty about the willingness or ability of the subject to
comply with the protocol requirements
- known allergy or intolerance to any ingredient of the intervention product,
e.g. lactose intolerance or galactosemia

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Change in body weight : kg. </p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>* Nutritional intake: macro- and micronutrients intake, fluid intake<br /><br>* Compliance of the study product : % of amount of daily advice of study<br /><br>product<br /><br>* General and dysphagia-specific Quality of Life : EQ-5D, Dysphagia Severity<br /><br>Scale, Dysphagia Quality of Life, Dysphagia Swallowing Anxiety</p><br>
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