The FREER Pilot Study (Family in Rehabilitation: EmpowERing carers for improved nutrition outcomes)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Protein-energy malnutrition; Diet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618000338268
• Lead Sponsor: Bond University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-03-06
• Study Completion: 2019-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 31 August 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 17

Inclusion Criteria

•Older adults (65years or older) admitted to rehabilitation with malnutrition diagnosed by the Patient Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA)
•Having a family carer (18 years or older). Family carers will be considered persons (including family, friends, and neighbours) who were assisting with activities of daily living up until the point of hospital admission, with no financial reimbursement beyond a carer’s pension, with a point of contact with the patient of 4 or more times per week either in person or by telephone.
•Family carer is English-speaking and able to act as translator for the patient if the patient is non-English speaking.
•Family carers do not have any health-related eligibility criteria applied; however, will need to have sufficient independence to provide the required care to meet inclusion criteria.

Exclusion Criteria

•Patient and/or carer are unable to give consent.
•Patients are on enteral or parenteral tube feeding,
•Discharge is planned in <6-days from date of screening
•Patients living in residential aged care prior to rehabilitation admission are excluded; however, previously community-dwelling patients discharged to residential aged care will be included following an intention-to-treat approach.
•The patient and/or carer do not live in the local area e.g. admitted during holiday, or plan to move away from local catchment area within 3-months post-discharge

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
utrition status according to the PG-SGA[12-weeks post-discharge]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body weight (kg; digital scale)[12-weeks post-discharge];Energy intake (kJ; assessed by 24-hour recall)[12-weeks post-discharge];Protein intake (g; assessed by 24-hour recall)[12-weeks post-discharge];Mid arm muscle circumference (cm)[12-weeks post-discharge];Physical function (Modified Barthel Index)[12-weeks post-discharge];Health related quality of life (AQoL-6D)[12-weeks post-discharge];Patient service satisfaction (study-specific questionnaire)[12-weeks post-discharge];Rehabilitation length of stay (Length of stay calculated from day of admission to day of discharge)[Discharge];Residential aged care admission (Yes/No; informed by medical record and/or patient or carer interview)[12-weeks post-discharge];Carer burden (Zarit Burden Score)[12-weeks post-discharge];Carer service satisfaction (study-specific questionnaire)[12-weeks post-discharge]