Does the Access to Small Delicious Dishes, Have a Positive Effect on Nutritional Intake in Patients at Nutritional Risk?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Malnutrition
• Interventions: Dietary Supplement: Nutritional intervention

• Registration Number: NCT01322087
• Lead Sponsor: Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev

Brief Summary

Rationale:

The objective of this study was to investigate whether a new energy dense food concept, on order 24 hours a day, would lead to a minimum 75% intake of nutritional needs in patients at nutritional risk. The investigators target was for 70% of patients to reach 75% of their energy and protein requirements.

Methods:

An intervention study was conducted with inclusion of 40 patients at nutritional risk, according to the NRS-2002 criteria. The food concept consisted of 36 small delicious dishes. Patients could choose food from both the new concept and the ordinary patient buffet. The investigators monitored patients' nutritional requirements and daily nutritional intake.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-01
• Primary Completion: 2009-05
• Study Completion: 2009-05
• Status Verified: 2011-03
• Study First Submitted: 2011-03-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-03-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-03-23
• Study First Posted: 2011-03-24
• Last Update Posted: 2011-03-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• patients at nutritional risk, according to the NRS-2002 criteria.
• patient must be able to understand the information and be able to give a written inform consent
• well-functioning gastrointestinal tract
• Anticipated length of hospitalization > 5 days
• Should understand and speak danish

Exclusion Criteria

• Terminal patients
• patients with dysphagia
• patient with food allergy or intolerance
• patients who only receives enteral or parenteral nutrition

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Nutritional intervention	Nutritional intervention	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in energy and protein intake compared to the historical control group	3 to 7 days recording of dietary intake	The patient's energy requirement was estimated both from the factorial method and by Harris and Benedicts formula and the protein requirements was taken to be 18 E % of the energy requirement.; Recording of the dietary intake was carried out on a daily basis over a period of 3 to 7 days, with nutritional registration forms filled in by the nurse and/or the patient. The nutritional registration forms contained information of the energy and protein content of the food

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev; 🇩🇰 Herlev, Denmark