A Randomized Controlled Study of Nutritional Intervention for Geriatric Hip Fracture Patients and Its Effect on Rehabilitation Outcomes
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Hip Fractures
- Sponsor
- Kowloon Hospital, Hong Kong
- Enrollment
- 126
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Nutritional parameters
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 15 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This is a randomized controlled, observer blinded trial to study the beneficial effect of nutritional supplementation in elderly Hong Kong patients after hip fracture surgery during rehabilitation and at 4 weeks follow up. The control group will receive Calcium and Vitamin D supplementation whereas the intervention group will receive a moderately high dose protein nutritional supplementation in addition to Vitamin D and Calcium. Both groups undergo the same rehabilitation program and dietary counseling before discharge. They are followed up 4 weeks after discharge or completion of supplementation. The outcome parameters are nutritional parameters and rehabilitation outcomes.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age 60 years or older
- •Recent low impact osteoporotic fracture of the proximal femur surgically repaired within 4 weeks before recruitment
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients who require tube feeding
- •Patients in unstable medical condition
- •Body mass index (BMI) ≧ 25
- •Malignancy
- •Conditions with contraindication for high protein diet
- •Mentally incapacitated and inability to communicate or understand the consent.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Nutritional parameters
Time Frame: Change from Baseline in nutritional parameters at discharge from hospital and at 4 weeks after discharge
Biochemical and anthropometric measurements
Secondary Outcomes
- Rehabilitation Outcomes(Change from Baseline in rehabilitation outcomes at discharge from hospital and at 4 weeks after discharge)