Nutritional Status and Quality of Life in Older Adults

Malnutrition Clinical Trial

— NSQLOP  

Official title:

Nutritional Status and Quality of Life in Older Hospitalised Adults

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01627496
• Other study ID #: NSQLOP
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 15, 2012
• Last updated: July 3, 2012
• Start date: September 2010
• Est. completion date: December 2011

Study information

• Verified date: July 2012
• Source: University of Surrey
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United Kingdom: Research Ethics CommitteeUnited Kingdom: National Health Service
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the nutritional status, and factors affecting malnutrition in older people staying in hospitals.

Objectives:

• To recruit a sample of older people in hospital

• To collect information on nutritional status, satisfaction with food-related life and experience with access to food in hospital.

• To assess the staffing attitudes to nutritional care of the older adult

• To undertake an audit of therapeutic ('special') diets served in hospitals, with respect to their nutritional adequacy and wastage

• To investigate predictors and correlates of malnutrition within the hospital setting and compare these relationships with those previously identified in care homes and the community.

• To make recommendations for practice to improve the nutritional status of hospitalised older adults.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: December 2011
• Est. primary completion date: January 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 75 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged = 75 years old

• Male or female

• Duration of stay is more than 24hrs

• Able to eat normally

• Able to read and write English

• Able to be weighed standing or sitting OR accurate weight available since admission

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age below 75 years old

• Newly admitted patient (less than 24hrs)

• Certain medical conditions likely to affect digestion/ absorption of nutrients (researchers will assess)

• Unable to provide informed written consent

• Patients on gastric surgical wards or suffering from gastritis

• Patients currently taking laxatives

• Unable to be weighed and no measured weight available (self report weight is not adequate)

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Malnutrition

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	Royal Surrey County Hospital	Guildford	Surrey

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Surrey

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Nutritional status	Using MNA	baseline	No
Primary	Satisfaction with food related quality of life		baseline	No
Primary	Dietary intake	3 x 24hr recalls	baseline	No
Secondary	Food Access in Hospital		baseline	No