Nutritional Status and Quality of Life in Older Adults

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-09-30

Study Completion Date

2011-12-31

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Malnutrition

Keywords

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malnutrition elderly care quality of life hospital

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

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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)

Minimum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Responsible Party

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Kathryn Hart

Lecturer in Nutrition & Dietetics

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Noraida Omar, BSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Surrey

Locations

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Royal Surrey County Hospital

Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

Other Identifiers

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NSQLOP

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id