Malnutrition Screening in Acute Aged Care

NCT ID: NCT01179321

Last Updated: 2010-08-11

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-04-30

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Malnutrition

Study Groups

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Control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Early nutrition intervention

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Early referral to Dietitian for assessment and nutrition support

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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Early referral to Dietitian for assessment and nutrition support

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Prince of Wales Hospital

Principal Investigators

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Margaret M Holyday, B.Sc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Prince of Wales Hospital

Locations

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Prince of Wales Hospital

Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

Site Status

Countries

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Australia

Other Identifiers

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malscreen05/185

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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