Impact of a Nutrition Quality Improvement Program on Outcomes of Malnourished Patients

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

1546 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-12-31

Study Completion Date

2018-03-31

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

A nutrition-focused QIP will be implemented as standard of care at select branches of the home health division of the health care system. The QIP will be comprised of three groups of patients, Group 1 will consist of hospitalized, at-risk/malnourished patients being discharged to home health, Group 2 will consist of outpatients at-risk/malnourished patients enrolled in home health and Group 3 will consist of SNF, at-risk/malnourished patients being discharged to home health. Groups will be followed for 90 days post enrollment. The QIP groups will be compared to historical controls, concurrent controls, and matched concurrent controls across other sites within the health system.

Related Clinical Trials

Explore similar clinical trials based on study characteristics and research focus.

Quality Improvement Program (QIP) to Reduce 30-Day Readmission in Malnourished Hospitalized Patients

NCT02262429

Malnutrition

TERMINATED

A Nutrition-Focused QIP in Outpatient Clinics

NCT03628196

Malnutrition

COMPLETED

Nutrition-Focused Quality Improvement Program (QIP) Among Community Dwelling Malnourished Patients

NCT04042987

Malnutrition

COMPLETED

Effect of a Carbohydrate-rich Diet in Healthy Subjects

NCT04088344

Lipid Metabolism Disorder

COMPLETED NA

Essential Connections: Hospital to Community Impacting Malnutrition Outcomes in Older Adults

NCT05893446

Malnutrition; Protein

NOT_YET_RECRUITING NA

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Malnutrition

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.

Quality Improvement Program

This group will consist of hospitalized and SNF, at-risk/malnourished patients being discharged to home health and outpatients at-risk/malnourished patients enrolled in home health.

Quality Improvement Program

Intervention Type OTHER

Nutrition screening, Nutrition consult, Oral Nutritional Supplement will be implemented in the Home Health branches as standard of care.

Control

This group will consist of historical controls, concurrent controls, and matched concurrent controls across other sites within the health system.

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.

Quality Improvement Program

Nutrition screening, Nutrition consult, Oral Nutritional Supplement will be implemented in the Home Health branches as standard of care.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

* Admitted to home health from within the healthcare system's hospitals, skilled nursing facility (SNF) or outpatient clinics
* Patient is screened positive for malnutrition during hospital stay and/or by home health nutrition screening tool upon enrollment into home health
* Patient is able to consume foods and beverages orally and the physician has not indicated otherwise

Exclusion Criteria

* Enrollment to home health from a hospital, SNF or outpatient clinic not affiliated with the healthcare system
* Patient is pregnant
* Patient is intubated, receiving tube feeding or parenteral nutrition
* Patient has severe dementia or delirium
* History of significant psychiatric disorder
* Any other disorder that may interfere with QIP product consumption or compliance with QIP protocol procedures as per the admitting clinicians
* Subject has stated an allergy or intolerance to any of the ONS ingredients
* Patients receiving hospice care

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No