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A Study on the Status of Nutritional Risk Screening and Nutritional Therapy in Neurology Hospitalized Stroke Patients

Conditions
Acute Stroke
Interventions
Other: Observational study, no intervention
Registration Number
NCT05454397
Lead Sponsor
Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
Brief Summary

Stroke is the leading cause of premature death and disability, and early recognition and treatment of dysphagia is fundamental to stroke management. Early and full tube feeding in the acute phase of stroke helps to address nutritional problems resulting from dysphagia and impaired consciousness and helps to reduce morbidity and mortality and poor outcomes. Current guidelines for acute stroke management do not address the goal of tube feeding of enteral nutrition for energy and protein. In the treatment of acute stroke, there is a strong global focus on pharmacological thrombolysis or mechanical thrombolysis, with nutritional interventions being a less explored topic. Real-world evidence on large samples, feeding attainment and outcomes, and nutrition in the acute phase of stroke is lacking in China . The aim of this study was to understand the current status of nutritional therapy in stroke hospitalization in neurology and its impact on prognosis nationwide, and to improve the standardized management process of enteral nutrition therapy in the acute phase of stroke.

Detailed Description

Malnutrition is a common geriatric syndrome with a disproportionate incidence in geriatric and neurology inpatients. In recent years, national nutritional surveys of geriatric inpatients have shown that about 2/3 of geriatric inpatients have nutritional problems; only half of neurology inpatients at high risk receive nutritional support, and inadequate nutrition exacerbates primary disease, increases complications, makes hospital stays longer, and ultimately affects patient survival outcomes.

To increase comprehensive and up-to-date research on the current status of nutritional therapy in geriatric and neurology inpatients, and to lay the foundation for future standardized treatment and standardized management, we conducted a nationwide survey on the current status of nutritional risk screening and treatment in geriatric and neurology inpatients. The aim is to raise the level of clinicians' awareness of malnutrition and nutritional risk in hospitalized patients, standardize clinical practice, and properly implement nutritional support to improve patients' clinical outcomes.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
2000
Inclusion Criteria
  • Newly admitted stroke patients admitted to neurology, age ≥18 years, within 7 days of onset, expected survival >3 months (i.e., not end-stage), expected neurology stay 7-10 days;
  • At risk of malnutrition (MUST ≥ 2 points) or at nutritional risk (NRS2002 ≥ 3 points), sign an informed notice.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Transferred during treatment, contraindications to nutritional therapy (e.g., hemodynamic instability, gastrointestinal bleeding (bleeding >100 ml), other nutritional studies, pregnancy.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
case groupObservational study, no interventionPatients with acute stroke with nutritional risk
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Nutrition compliance rate of stroke inpatientsThe first day of admission; the seventh day of admission; the day before discharge.

Percentage of patients hospitalized for stroke whose nutritional indicators and nutritional status met the guidelines after being given nutritional support

Nutrition implementation rateThe first day of admission; the seventh day of admission; the day before discharge.

Proportion of patients hospitalized for stroke who were given nutritional support

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Infection rate30-day post-discharge

Proportion of enrolled patients with pulmonary infection 30 days after discharge from hospital.

Functional prognosis30-day post-discharge

Functional prognosis of the enrolled patients, such as life skills, motor and sensory functions, cognitive functions and swallowing functions.

30-day post-discharge mortality30-day post-discharge

Proportion of enrolled patients who died 30 days after discharge from the hospital

Readmission rate30-day post-discharge

Proportion of patients enrolled who were readmitted for various reasons 30 days after discharge.

Trial Locations

Locations (34)

The First People'S Hospital of Kunshan

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Kunshan, Jiangsu, China

Qilu Hospital of Shandong University(Qingdao)

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Qingdao, Shandong, China

Red Cross Hospital of Hangzhou

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Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

The First People'S Hospital of Wenling

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Wenling, Zhejiang, China

Dongfang Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

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Beijing, Beijing, China

The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University

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Hefei, Anhui, China

The First Afilliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University

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Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Fujian Province Zhangzhou Hospital

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Zhengzhou, Fujian, China

Zhongshan Hospital Xiamen University

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Xiamen, Fujian, China

Kaifeng Central Hospital

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Kai Feng, Henan, China

Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College of HUST

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Wuhan, Hubei, China

The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University

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Nanning, Guangxi, China

The second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University

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Ha'erbin, Heilongjiang, China

Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University

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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Nanjing Zijin Hospital

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Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Henan Provincial People'S Hospital

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Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Xiangya Hospital Central South University

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Changsha, Hunan, China

Zhongda Hospital Southeast Universtiy

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Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

The second Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou University

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Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Ganzhou People'S Hospital

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Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

Yancheng Third People's Hospital

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Yancheng, Jiangsu, China

The First Hospital of Jilin University

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Changchun, Jilin, China

Qilu Hospital of Shandong University

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Jinan, Shandong, China

Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical Hospital

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Jining, Shandong, China

Linyi People'S Hospital

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Linyi, Shandong, China

The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

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Qingdao, Shandong, China

Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital

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Yantai, Shandong, China

Chongqing People's Hospital

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Chongqing, Sichuang, China

The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University

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Xi'an, Shanxi, China

Xi'an Encephalopathy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital

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Xi'an, Shanxi, China

The First People'S Hospital of Jiashan

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Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China

Zhejiang Province Xiaoshan Hospital

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Hanzhou, Zhejiang, China

The 2nd Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of WMU

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Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Wenzhou Hospital of Chinese Medicine

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Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

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