Effectiveness of Cater with Care products in reaching recommendations for protein intake during and after hospital stay and in improving functional status after hospital stay in elderly patients.
- Conditions
- geen specifieke aandoeningen (voedingsstatus en veroudering)protein requirements elderly patients
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON40880
- Lead Sponsor
- Wageningen Universiteit
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 300
Hospital phase (only observational):
- admitted to the wards of Geriatric medicine, Pulmonary Medicine or Internal Medicine in ZGV;
- aged 65 years or over;
- being eligible for receiving a standard protein enriched menu based on hospital protocol;;Home phase:
- included in the hospital phase of this study
- consent to continue treatment and study participation after hospital discharge
- unwilling to give consent for gathering data from the medical record or meal service
system;
- unable to understand Dutch;
- food allergies, food intolerances, or other dietary restrictions that prevents the patient from receiving the standard protein enriched menu or Cater with Care products based on the judgment of a dietician and/or medical staff;
- expected length of hospital stay < 4 days;
- renal insufficiency (eGFR <30);
- starting with tube feeding or total parenteral nutrition within 2 days of admission;
- refeeding syndrome score > 0 based on ZGV screening tool for refeeding risk;
- delirium at admission;
- receiving palliative care;For continuation in the home phase, the following exclusion criteria are formulated:
- going to a nursing home, rehabiliation centre or hospice after hospital discharge;
- cognitive impairment or diagnosed with dementia;
- legally incapacitated
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The main study parameters are:<br /><br>- Protein intake in grams of protein per kilogram bodyweight on the 4th day of<br /><br>hospitalization.<br /><br>- Change of physical performance assessed by the Short Physical Performance<br /><br>Battery (SPPB) after 12 weeks following hospital discharge.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method