Effects of Six Months Treatment With Nutritional Supplements or Dietary Advice, Alone or in Combination on Mortality, Health-related Quality of Life and Health-care Consumption for Elderly Patients at Risk of Malnutrition.

Uppsala University5 sites in 1 country671 target enrollmentFebruary 2010

ConditionsMalnutrition

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Malnutrition
Sponsor: Uppsala University
Enrollment: 671
Locations: 5
Primary Endpoint: All cause mortality
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 5 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of nutritional therapy in elderly malnourished patients. The hypothesises are that nutritional supplementation and dietary advice alone or in combination affects mortality, quality of life and health-care consumption after six month of treatment.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

February 2010

End Date

November 2020

Last Updated

5 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Factorial

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Uppsala University

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•≥65 years old
•Admitted to one of the participating wards during the recruitment period

Exclusion Criteria

•Well-nourished
•No consent to participate
•Not able to communicate
•Not able to understand swedish
•Presumed life-expectancy \<1 year
•Already receiving nutritional therapy including dietary advice, supplements, tube-feeding or parenteral nutrition
•Dietary restrictions due to illness or disease inconsistent with the intervention
•Impaired cognitive function or dementia
•Body mass index ≥35
•Living in old peoples homes, sheltered housing, institution, service flats or nursing homes