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Dietitian-supported Meal-ordering and Systematic Nutritional Care

NCT ID: NCT07234669

Last Updated: 2025-12-19

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

41 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-05-15

Study Completion Date

2023-09-30

Brief Summary

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The study investigates whether clinical dietitians at a hospital ward can improve patients' dietary intake during hospitalisation, and whether it can prevent patients from being admitted efter discharge and improve their prognosis. Dietary intake will be measured daily and readmittance within 30 days from discharge will be registered. Questionnaires will be used to assess patients' satisfaction with nutritional care during hospitalisation.

Detailed Description

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Clinical dietitians have been an integrated part of the medical pulmonary ward at Gødstrup Hospital since early 2022. They carry out nutritional screening, nutritional treatment and assisst and guide patients in ordering of meals from the hospital's flexible á la carte food service concept.

The study aims to evaluate the effect of the clinical dietitians' effort on patients nutritional intake, risk of readmittance after discharge and 30-days mortality.

The study is observational, and no changes to the current standard of nutritional care will be implemented throughout the study period. Nutritional intake will be measured daily throughout hospitalisation. Readmittances and vital status will be measured at day 30.

To evaluate the effect of the dietitians' effort, data will be compared to historical data from a previous completed study at the same ward.

Patient satisfaction with nutrional care during hospitalisation will be measured with a purpose-designed questionnaire.

Informed written consent will be obtained from all patients before inclusion, and they will be informed that their partitipation is voluntary and that they can withdraw their consent at anytime.

Conditions

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Pulmonary Diseases Malnutrition

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Newly admitted at the medical pulmonary ward
* Expected admittance of minimum 48 hours
* At nutritional risk defined as a Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 Score of \>=3
* Able to understand and speak Danish

Exclusion Criteria

* Terminal illness
* Dementia
* Enteral or parenteral nutrition
* Need of texture-modified diet or other special diets
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Gødstrup Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Marianne B Kristensen, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Gødstrup Hospital

Locations

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Gødstrup Hospital

Herning, , Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

Other Identifiers

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2023-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id