Enteral Nutrition Guidelines and Patients' Outcomes

NCT05900323 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: Enteral Nutrition
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 68
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Critically ill patients often exhibit a hypermetabolic state and increased energy requirements due to their critical illnesses. Those patients cannot meet their nutritional requirements through oral feeding. Therefore, the initiation of enteral nutrition (EN) is an essential intervention to fulfill the body's dietary and physiological requirements. Despite advancements in the techniques and equipment used for EN, inadequate nutritional intake is a significant issue for CIPs. It requires special attention to prevent muscle wasting and overfeeding. Critical care nurses have a key role in applying the proper nutritional care for CIPs. They are responsible for inserting and maintaining the feeding tube, delivering the feeds, and avoiding complications associated with EN.

Conditions

Enteral Nutrition

Keywords

Enteral nutrition guidelines; Critical care nurses' practice; Patients' outcomes

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Signs of feeding intolerance assessment

  Absence of vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, abdominal distention, and Normal gastric residual volume.

  Signs of feeding intolerance will be assessed for seven days.

Study Arms (2)

Enteral Nutrition Guidelines Group

EXPERIMENTAL

It will include 34 patients who will receive enteral nutrition guidelines.

Combination Product: enteral nutrition guidelines

Routine Enteral Nutrition Unit Care Group

NO INTERVENTION

It will include 34 patients who will receive routine enteral nutrition unit care.

Interventions

enteral nutrition guidelines COMBINATION_PRODUCT

The nurses will be educated about the enteral nutrition guidelines. Then they will apply these guidelines on the participants during enteral nutrition procedure. After conducting the guidelines, the researcher will assess the effect of the guidelines on patients' outcomes.

Also known as: prokinetic agent

Enteral Nutrition Guidelines Group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Adult patients ≥ 18 years old.
• Hemodynamically stable patients.
• Patients who are unable to maintain volitional oral intake within 24 hours of admission.

You may not qualify if:

• Signs of feeding intolerance (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or high gastric residual volume).
• Contraindications to EN such as active bleeding, bowel obstruction, bowel ischemia, or paralytic ileus.
• Signs of clinical shock (low blood pressure, rapid breathing, rapid weak pulse, and decreased urine output).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mansoura University: lead

Study Officials

• Sara EA Hegazy

  Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Sara EA Hegazy, MSc

CONTACT

+201007106803; sarahegazy@mans.edu.eg

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 29, 2023
• First Posted: June 12, 2023
• Study Start: September 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: January 30, 2024
• Study Completion: June 30, 2024
• Last Updated: June 12, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-06