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

NCT01322087 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: H-D-2008-125
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Malnutrition

Keywords

Nutrition; new energy dense food concept

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in energy and protein intake compared to the historical control group

  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

  3 to 7 days recording of dietary intake

Study Arms (1)

Nutritional intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Dietary Supplement: Nutritional intervention

Interventions

Nutritional intervention DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

The study was a 12 weeks intervention trial with inclusion of 40 patients at nutritional risk, according to the NRS-2002 system. All included patients received nutritional counseling and information about the new food concept by a clinical dietician. 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.

Nutritional intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev: lead

Study Sites (1)

Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev

Herlev, 2730, Denmark

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Malnutrition

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Study Officials

• Tina Munk, MSc.

  Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 17, 2011
• First Posted: March 24, 2011
• Study Start: January 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2009
• Study Completion: May 1, 2009
• Last Updated: March 24, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-03

Locations

DK (1)