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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of a structural clinical nutrition support by an interdisciplinary Nutrition Support Team. To do this we examine nutritional management and its economic impact as well as the nutritional status of patients of University Hospital Tübingen before and after the implementation of a Nutritional Support Team.


Clinical Trial Description

In German hospitals disease related malnutrition is a major problem. Malnutrition is known to be associated with decreased quality of life, altered body composition as well as increased length of hospital stay. Guidelines recommend the installation of Nutrition Support Teams (NST) to combat this situation. However, the majority of German hospitals lacks a NST.

In the present study, we want to examine the effectiveness and efficiency of a Nutrition Support Team (NST) in an University hospital with 1500 beds. To do this we investigate the nutritional management, its economic impact and patient related data before and after NST-implementation. Examinations include a structural analysis of the hospital with regard to nutritional procedures and a patient-based analysis.

Patients are recruited from three representative normal wards and two intensive care units. Here we identify patients with risk for malnutrition with the help of nutritional screening tools (NRS 2002 [Nutritional Risk Screening]; NUTRIC [Nutritional Risk in the critically ill] Score).This is performed within the first three days after admittance. The patients with risk for malnutrition (NRS 2002 of 3 or more than 3, NUTRIC Score of 4 or more than 4) are included for further investigations. These include anthropometric measurements , assessment of body composition, evaluation of nosocomial infection and decubitus rate, quality of life (SF-12 questionnaire), length of hospital stay, evaluation of mortality risk, organ function and severity of illness as well as economic factors. Most examinations are repeated weekly depending from the length of stay in hospital.

All this examinations and evaluations will be collected at two time points. Before and after the implementation of a nutritional support team. That means we have two groups: group A- before NST-implementation (n=420) and group B - after NST-implementation (n=420).

After the whole data collection we want to compare the results of the two groups. ;


Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective


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NCT number NCT02200874
Study type Observational
Source University of Hohenheim
Contact Stephan C. Bischoff, Professor
Phone 0049 711 45924101
Email bischoff.stephan@uni-hohenheim.de
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date November 2012
Completion date June 2017

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