Nutritional Status and Quality of Life in Older Adults

Completed

• Conditions: Malnutrition

• Registration Number: NCT01627496
• Lead Sponsor: University of Surrey

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the nutritional status, and factors affecting malnutrition in older people staying in hospitals.

Objectives:

* To recruit a sample of older people in hospital

* To collect information on nutritional status, satisfaction with food-related life and experience with access to food in hospital.

* To assess the staffing attitudes to nutritional care of the older adult

* To undertake an audit of therapeutic ('special') diets served in hospitals, with respect to their nutritional adequacy and wastage

* To investigate predictors and correlates of malnutrition within the hospital setting and compare these relationships with those previously identified in care homes and the community.

* To make recommendations for practice to improve the nutritional status of hospitalised older adults.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-09
• Primary Completion: 2011-01
• Study Completion: 2011-12
• Study First Submitted: 2012-06-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-06-22
• Study First Posted: 2012-06-25
• Status Verified: 2012-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-07-03
• Last Update Posted: 2012-07-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Aged ≥ 75 years old
• Male or female
• Duration of stay is more than 24hrs
• Able to eat normally
• Able to read and write English
• Able to be weighed standing or sitting OR accurate weight available since admission

Exclusion Criteria

• Age below 75 years old
• Newly admitted patient (less than 24hrs)
• Certain medical conditions likely to affect digestion/ absorption of nutrients (researchers will assess)
• Unable to provide informed written consent
• Patients on gastric surgical wards or suffering from gastritis
• Patients currently taking laxatives
• Unable to be weighed and no measured weight available (self report weight is not adequate)

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Nutritional status	baseline	Using MNA
Satisfaction with food related quality of life	baseline
Dietary intake	baseline	3 x 24hr recalls

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Food Access in Hospital	baseline

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Royal Surrey County Hospital; 🇬🇧 Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom