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Screening and treatment of malnourished hospital patients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Malnutrition
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Registration Number
ISRCTN92834544
Lead Sponsor
VU University Medical Center (The Netherlands)
Brief Summary

2005 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15681104 2005 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16280442 2006 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16618452

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
588
Inclusion Criteria

1. Hospital patients
2. Internal and surgical ward

Exclusion Criteria

Under the age of 18 years

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<br> 1. Costs<br> 2. Length of hospital stay<br> 3. Percentage of malnourished patients who are diagnosed correctly<br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<br> 1. Care complexity<br> 2. Quality of life<br> 3. Body composition<br>
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