Effect of oral supplementation on nutritional status, appetite and quality of life of peritoneal dialysis patients.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Peritoneal Dialysis PatientsRenal and Urogenital - Kidney disease
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12612000110886
- Lead Sponsor
- Southern Health - Monash Medical Centre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Peritoneal Dialysis patients who are malnourished or at risk of or malnourishment according to PG-SGA or who have serum albumin less than 35g/L.
Exclusion Criteria
Under 18 years of age
Patients on peritoneal dialysis for less than 3 months
Patients with physical, cognitive, language or emotional problems which would prevent participation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Participant weight in kilogram[Baseline, week 8 and week 16];Nutritional status will be measured using the Patient Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) tool. This tool widely used in standard dietetic practice and has been shown to have favorable clinometric properties when used in the renal population.[Baseline, week 16];Nutritional biochemical indices: serum albumin, transthyretin, urea and CRP will be recorded.[Baseline, week 8 and week 16]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Participant preference of supplement type.<br><br>Acceptance of the supplement will be measured using an unstructured line scale. The unstructured line scale is 100 mm in length, and is anchored with 'dislike extremely' and 'like extremely' on opposing ends of the scale.<br><br>At the completion of the study participants will be asked to choose their preferred supplement (drink or snack bar) using a questionnaire that includes an option to select a tied category.[Baseline, week 8 and week 16];Health-related quality of life. Two quality of life indices will be used, a disease specific (KDHRQOL) and a generic instrument (EQ-5D)[Baseline and week 16];Appetite using visual analog scales[Baseline, week 8 and week 16]