Does intensive feeding improve nutritional status and outcome in acutely ill older in-patients?

Completed

• Conditions: Acute illness; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN43554088
• Lead Sponsor: HS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-01-23
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1500

Inclusion Criteria

All patients over 65 admitted acutely to Medicine for the Elderly wards. Sample is estimate to be 750 people in each group.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients unable to take food orally (e.g. unconscious, severe dysphagia)
2. Not expected to survive the current admission
3. Patients with a body mass index (BMI) greater or equal to 25

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The study is designed to see whether feeding support improves the nutritional status of patients to an extent it will have a positive day to day effect on function, the time patients require to become medically fit for discharge and length of stay.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ot provided at time of registration