Malnutrition Screening in Acute Aged Care

Malnutrition Clinical Trial

Official title:

Malnutrition Screening and Intervention in Hospitalised Older Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01179321
• Other study ID #: malscreen05/185
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 10, 2010
• Last updated: August 10, 2010
• Start date: April 2006

Study information

• Verified date: March 2006
• Source: Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Australia: Human Research Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of malnutrition screening and nutrition intervention on acute aged care patient outcomes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 0
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• admitted under a geriatrician into one of 2 acute geriatric medicine wards of the hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• expected length of stay less than 72 hours

• palliative (not for active treatment)

• unable to be nutritionally assessed (non english speaking, severe dementia/confusion and non cooperative/refused)

• already seen by dietitian during current admission

• enrolled in the study during previous admission

Study Design

N/A

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Malnutrition

Intervention

Other:
• Early referral to Dietitian for assessment and nutrition support

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Australia	Prince of Wales Hospital	Randwick	New South Wales

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Australia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Length of stay