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Effect of nutritional interventions on discharged older patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Tina Munk, Jonas Anias Svendsen, Anne Wilkens Knudsen, Tanja Bak Østergaard, Anne Marie Beck

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Article in Trials, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03488329 (Effect of Nutritional Efforts on Discharged Elderly Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Effect of Nutritional Efforts on Discharged Elderly Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorHerlev HospitalRan2018 to 2020Enrolled207ConditionsMalnutritionArmsIndividual nutritional therapy
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 authors.

Tina MunkDietetic and Nutritional Research Unit, Herlev-Gentofte University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark.
Jonas Anias SvendsenDietetic and Nutritional Research Unit, Herlev-Gentofte University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark.
Anne Wilkens KnudsenDietetic and Nutritional Research Unit, Herlev-Gentofte University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark.
Tanja Bak ØstergaardDietetic and Nutritional Research Unit, Herlev-Gentofte University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark.
Anne Marie BeckDietetic and Nutritional Research Unit, Herlev-Gentofte University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark. ambe@kp.dk.

Funding

Innovationsfonden 4105-00009B
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDuring hospitalization, many older patients are at nutritional risk or malnourished, and their nutritional condition is often further impaired during hospitalization. After discharge, a "nutrition gap" often occurs in which the patient does not receive enough nutrition to ensure an optimal recovery.

methodsThe study is a randomized controlled study ongoing over 112 days. At discharge, the intervention group receives guidance from a clinical dietitian, and an individualized nutrition plan is made. The dietitian will perform telephone follow-up after 4 and 30 days. It will also be possible for the participant, the participant's relatives, or the participant's municipality to contact the dietitian if nutritional questions arise. At the time of discharge, the intervention group will receive a package containing foods and drinks that will cover their nutritional needs on the first day after discharge. They will also receive a goodie bag containing samples of protein-rich, milk-based drinks. Data are collected on quality of life, appetite, physical function, dietary intake, weight, height, energy and protein needs, and experience of discharge and cooperation with the municipality. Information about nutrition status will be sent to the municipality so that the municipality can take over nutritional treatment. The control group receives a standard treatment. DISCUSSION: This study is the first to combine previously successful single nutritional interventions into a multimodal intervention whose aim is to obtain an effect on patient-related outcomes. We hope that the results will prove beneficial and help to ensure the cross-sector quality of nutritional support to older patients.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03488329. April 5, 2018.

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AftercareNutritional SupportPatient ReadmissionAgedHouse CallsHumansMalnutritionNutritional StatusPatient DischargeQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTelephoneTreatment OutcomeCross-sectoral transitionDischarge follow-upHospital readmissionsMalnutritionNutritional interventionOlder patients

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PMCPMC7189460

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