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Clinical Trials/NCT01249716
NCT01249716
Completed
Not Applicable

Follow-up Home Visits With Nutrition (OHE)

University of Copenhagen1 site in 1 country152 target enrollmentDecember 2010
ConditionsMalnutrition

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Malnutrition
Sponsor
University of Copenhagen
Enrollment
152
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
hospital readmissions
Status
Completed
Last Updated
14 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

To assess the effect on geriatric patients of follow-up home visit including nutrition.

The hypothesis is that this can prevent hospital readmissions, and has a positive impact on functional abilities and quality of life

Detailed Description

Before and after the intervention the participants nutritional status, hand grip strength, functional abilities, well-being, dietary intake, level of tiredness,and activities of daily living will be assessed

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
December 2010
End Date
March 2012
Last Updated
14 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

AAstrup

professor

University of Copenhagen

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Geriatric patients in nutritional risk

Exclusion Criteria

  • Expected readmissions
  • Terminal disease
  • Non-Danish speaking

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

hospital readmissions

Time Frame: one year

Secondary Outcomes

  • body weight(12 weeks)

Study Sites (1)

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