Identifying and overcoming barriers to nutrition care in hip fracture.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: malnutrition; hip fracture; Diet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders; Injuries and Accidents - Fractures; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613000868785
• Lead Sponsor: Jack Bell

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-08-06
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria were patients admitted to an orthogeriatric
unit of a publically funded metropolitan hospital with a fractured neck of femur requiring surgical intervention.

Exclusion Criteria

nil

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primary outcome: group mean energy (kJ, kJ/kg(ABW)) and protein (g, g/kg(ABW)) intake as assessed using 24 hour weighed food records.[3 inpatients were randomly selected every fourth day after commencement of data collection with a target sample size of 60 x 24 hour weighed food records collected over a 10 week period for both the standard treatment group and the 'post implemenation of changes to routine clinical practice' group. Data was collected between April - June 2012 and July - September 2012.]