The Nutrition Care in Canadian Hospitals Study; 2010-2013.

Completed

• Conditions: Malnutrition
• Interventions: Other: There was no intervention

• Registration Number: NCT02351661
• Lead Sponsor: Canadian Malnutrition Task Force

Brief Summary

The Nutrition Care In Canadian Hospitals study, conducted by the Canadian Malnutrition Task Force had the primary purpose of determining the prevalence of malnutrition in Canadian acute care hospitals. Secondary objectives were to determine the independent association of malnutrition with patient centred outcomes (e.g. length of stay) and describe the nutrition care processes for malnourished and well nourished patients.

Detailed Description

Data from 18 community and academic hospitals was collected from a convenience sample of 1022 medical or surgical patients. This prospective cohort study followed patients throughout their admission to 30-day post discharge. Measures included nutrition indicators, nutrition care processes and health outcomes.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-08
• Primary Completion: 2013-03
• Study Completion: 2013-03
• Status Verified: 2015-01
• Study First Submitted: 2015-01-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-01-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-01-27
• Study First Posted: 2015-01-30
• Last Update Posted: 2015-01-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1022

Inclusion Criteria

• acute care admission, medical or surgical unit; English or French language;anticipated to stay in hospital for 2 or more days; consent to study entry;

Exclusion Criteria

other hospital units; palliative patients; unable to complete informed consent due to language barrier or no proxy available; dementia

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
medica/surgical	There was no intervention	Medical or surgical patients from 18 hospitals

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
length of stay	0- 60 days	length of stay in acute care bed