Individualized NUTRItional RISK and Oriented Nutritional Support
- Conditions
- Malnutrition
- Interventions
- Other: Clinical nutrition counseling
- Registration Number
- NCT06590350
- Brief Summary
The objective of this study is to evaluate whether, in patients who are given early nutritional counseling, there is a reduction in the length of hospitalization and the rate of nosocomial infections, resulting in a decrease in inpatient costs, compared with patients who do not benefit from this intervention.
- Detailed Description
Patients admitted-from the date following the date of approval of the protocol for the following 12 months-will be enrolled at the Departmental Simple Operating Unit Admission Room of the Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli and who have undergone NRS-2002 screening.
Data only of patients with NRS-2002 \>3 admitted will be considered and extracted via the Foundation's computer system (Trackcare).
Patients will have been managed by caregivers who spontaneously requested (as is the case to date) nutritional counseling. Therefore, the study will not change current clinical practice.
Two cohorts will be drawn and formed and compared:
* Cohort 1: patients at risk of malnutrition (NRS-2002 ≥3) who received clinical nutrition counseling within 72 hours of ward admission
* Cohort 2: the patients at risk of malnutrition (NRS-2002 ≥3) who did NOT receive clinical nutrition counseling beyond 72 hours after ward admission.
At present, at Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, the Clinical Nutrition Unit is approached on an ad hoc basis by the individual ward attending physician, without a specific procedure: the physician calls in Clinical Nutrition specialists for consultation if in his or her judgment the patient needs nutritional support. The mode of formation of the two cohorts will be entirely spontaneous, that is, according to current clinical practice, given by the judgment of the ward treating physician. In a spontaneous manner, two cohorts will be formed among patients at risk of malnutrition (NRS-2002≥3), one of which will have received specialized nutritional support within 72 hours, the other will not. Only patients 'at risk of malnutrition' will be tracked, highlighting outcomes among those in this category who received the targeted intervention at the appropriate times, versus those who did not. The enrollment department is the same for all patients.
es, versus those who did not. The enrollment department is the same for all patients.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
- Age >18 years
- NRS-2002 ≥3
- Length of stay > 4 days
- Informed consent to participate in the study
- NRS-2002 <3
- Length of stay < or = 4 days
- Absence of informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Cohort who received clinical nutrition counseling <72 hours Clinical nutrition counseling Patients at risk of malnutrition who received clinical nutrition counseling within 72 hours. Cohort who did NOT received clinical nutrition counseling <72 hours Clinical nutrition counseling Patients at risk of malnutrition who did NOT receive clinical nutrition counseling within 72 hours.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference in the duration of hospitalization 12 months Difference in the overall length of stay in patients at risk of malnutrition (NRS-2002 ≥ 3) who received nutrition counseling within 72 hours of ward admission compared to the group of patients at risk who did not receive counseling within 72 hours.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Differences in the number of infectious complications 12 months Difference in the overall length of stay in patients at risk of malnutrition (NRS-2002 ≥ 3) who received nutrition counseling within 72 hours of ward admission compared to the group of patients at risk who did not receive counseling within 72 hours.
Frequency of adherence to diet and AFMS proposed at visit 12 months requency of adherence to the prescribed diet and AFMS (Artificial Feeding and Medical Support) proposed during the visit.
Differences in hospitalization costs for the healthcare 12 months Differences in hospitalization costs for the healthcare facility among patients at risk of malnutrition who received nutritional counseling within 72 hours of admission compared to the group of patients at risk who did not receive counseling within 72 hours of ward entry.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Emanuele Rinninella
🇮🇹Rome, Italy