Investigation of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of a Structural Clinical Nutrition Support
NCT ID: NCT02200874
Last Updated: 2016-10-26
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
840 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2012-11-30
2017-06-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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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.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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CASE_CONTROL
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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before NST-implementation (group A)
Patients with a NRS of 3 or more than 3 or NUTRIC score of 4 or more than 4 within the first three days after admittance to hospital. Time point: Before implementation of Nutrition Support Team (NST).
No interventions assigned to this group
After NST-implementation (group B)
Patients with a NRS of 3 or more than 3 or NUTRIC score of 4 or more than 4 within the first three days after admittance to hospital. Time point: After implementation of Nutrition Support Team (NST).
No interventions assigned to this group
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* patient of one of the study-wards: Gastroenterology, Otolaryngology, Visceral and transplantation surgery, Internal intensive care unit, Surgery intensive care unit
* written informed consent of the patient/advisor
* risk of malnutrition: NRS Score of 3 or more than 3, NUTRIC Score of 4 or more than 4
Exclusion Criteria
* withdrawn of written informed consent
* length of hospital stay shorter than 2 days
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Center for Nutritional Medicine Tuebingen/Hohenheim
UNKNOWN
University Hospital Tuebingen
OTHER
University of Hohenheim
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Stephan C. Bischoff, MD, Professor
Prof. Dr.
Principal Investigators
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Stephan C. Bischoff, Professor
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Departement of Nutritional Medicine, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Locations
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University Hospital of Tübingen
Tübingen, , Germany
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Stephan C. Bischoff, Professor
Role: primary
References
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Gonzalez-Granda A, Schollenberger A, Thorsteinsson R, Haap M, Bischoff SC. Impact of an interdisciplinary nutrition support team (NST) on the clinical outcome of critically ill patients. A pre/post NST intervention study. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2021 Oct;45:486-491. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.06.018. Epub 2021 Jun 26.
Other Identifiers
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ZEM_NST_KET
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id