Promotion of dietetic treatment with enhanced salt taste using Salt Chip

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Open heart surgery patients; Circulatory System

• Registration Number: ISRCTN46450822
• Lead Sponsor: Osaki Hospital Tokyo Heart Center

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2017-07-07
• Study Start: 2019-07-24
• Last Update Posted: 26 August 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Open heart surgery patients

Exclusion Criteria

1. Unable to give informed consent and/or assent
2. Severe frailty

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The eating rate of the patients during the postoperative period is measured at each meal.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Progress of rehabilitation was evaluated by treadmills exercise every day. We assumed that the subjects recovered the activities of daily living (ADL) when they could conduct treadmills exercise for 20 min.