Pilot of a randomised controlled trial of nutrition screening and appropriate support in hospitalised elderly

Phase 1

• Conditions: Malnutrition; Diet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12606000237583
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Newcastle

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2006-06-14
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Are admitted to the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle, NSW.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who do not have the cognitive capacity to consent to the study (as advised by Nursing staff), those who do not speak English sufficiently well to understand the study requirements, terminally ill patients, and those who are already receiving parenteral nutrition or other artificial feeding at the time of recruitment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
utrition level as measured by Patient Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA)[Measured at 3 days post-admission and 6 months post-discharge.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ean Body Mass[At 3 days post-admission and 6 months post-discharge.];Readmission to hospital[Measured by medical record audit at 6 months post-discharge.]