UndernutritionNUTRIELDNCT01977950
Nutritional Risk and Nutritional Care Practices in the Hospitalized Elderly
An observational study of Undernutrition and Malnutrition, run by Oslo Metropolitan University.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to estimate the prevalence of nutritional risk and examine nutritional care practices in the hospitalized elderly at one large university hospital in Norway. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 70 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Undernutrition, Malnutrition
- How many people
- 508 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- Sep 2011to May 2013
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 70 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Older adult
Study population: Patients were recruited from a large University hospital in Norway. The university hospital covers about 10% of the Norwegian population, providing healthcare services for approximately half a million people living in urban and rural municipalities. The patient population is thus heterogenic with respect to ethnicity and socioeconomic factors. All somatic wards having nursing students in acute care clinical studies in autumn 2011 were included in the study. The study sample comprised 14 of 16 medical and surgical somatic wards. Additionally, one rehabilitation ward, one specialized short time unit, one emergency medicine ward, and one cardio-monitoring ward were included. Eligible patients were selected by the nursing students in cooperation with the ward nursing staff.
Who may be able to join
- All elderly (≥70 yrs) patients admitted on the included wards at 08.00 am on the screening days were asked to participate.
Who cannot join
- Terminal patients (assumed short-lived, <1 month), patients diagnosed with dementia and patients whom the ward staff found unfit to participate were excluded.
About this study
Official title: Nutritional Status and Care of Elderly People
The purpose of this study is to estimate the prevalence of nutritional risk and examine nutritional care practices in the hospitalized elderly at one large university hospital in Norway.
Read the detailed description
A cross-sectional study was designed and carried out at a university hospital in Norway. The study was developed by a collegium at a nursing bachelor education program in a multidisciplinary collaboration with representatives from the university hospital and other experts. Data on nutritional risk and nutritional care practices of elderly patients were collected by 173 second year nursing students at the university college in question who were undergoing their acute and clinical care practice studies on 20 wards at the university hospital. Nine nutritional screening days were conducted in the academic years 2011/2012 and 2012/2013. On the screening days the students filled in the questionnaire for each patient, including questions about age, gender, length of hospital stay, normal weight in recent months, weight, height, BMI, nutritional risk and nutritional care practices. The students measured weight and height whenever possible, and screened the patients for nutritional risk. Data were collected by using a stratified sampling technique along with adequate power calculations to improve the representativeness of the sample. The researchers received anonymously completed questionnaires and screening forms from the students and never met the patients.
- Conditions
- Undernutrition, Malnutrition
- Keywords
- Undernutrition, Nutritional risk, NRS2002, nutritional care practices, hospital, elderly patients, nursing students
- Medical subject headings
- Malnutrition
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Nutritional risk
Patients was screened for nutritional risk on 9 screening days conducted in the academic years of 2011/2012 and 2012/2103. The Nutritional Risk Screening Tool 2002 (NRS2002) was employed to identify nutritional risk in the patients.
Measured: 9 screening days were conducted in 2011-2013
Secondary outcomes (1)
Nutritional care practices
Questions regarding the nutritional care practices concerned weight measurements on admission and then weekly, conduction of nutritional risk screening, coding of undernutrition diagnosis (E43, E44, or E46) in line with the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10), and initiation of nutritional measures.
Measured: 9 nutritional screening days were conducted in the period 2011-2013
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted7 Nov 2013 (estimated)
- Study startSep 2011
- Primary completionMay 2013
- Study completionMay 2013
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for UndernutritionStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Case only
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Enrolment
- 508 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Oslo Metropolitan University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- University Hospital, Akershus
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Kari Almendingen, Oslo Metropolitan University
- Investigators
- Kari Almendingen, Professor, Study chair, Oslo Metropolitan University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01977950
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 1-2719007
- Acronym
- NUTRIELD
- Status last verified
- Jan 2015
- First submitted
- 31 Oct 2013
- Last updated
- 13 Jan 2015
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 13 Jan 2015. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Nutritional Status and Care of Elderly People
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01977950
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- NUTRIELD / 1-2719007
- Conditions
- Undernutrition, Malnutrition
- Keywords
- Undernutrition, Nutritional risk, NRS2002, nutritional care practices, hospital, elderly patients, nursing students
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 508 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Oslo Metropolitan UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- University Hospital, Akershus
- Study start
- Sep 2011
- Primary completion
- May 2013 (actual)
- Study completion
- May 2013 (actual)
- First posted
- 7 Nov 2013 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study is to estimate the prevalence of nutritional risk and examine nutritional care practices in the hospitalized elderly at one large university hospital in Norway.
Detailed description
A cross-sectional study was designed and carried out at a university hospital in Norway. The study was developed by a collegium at a nursing bachelor education program in a multidisciplinary collaboration with representatives from the university hospital and other experts. Data on nutritional risk and nutritional care practices of elderly patients were collected by 173 second year nursing students at the university college in question who were undergoing their acute and clinical care practice studies on 20 wards at the university hospital. Nine nutritional screening days were conducted in the academic years 2011/2012 and 2012/2013. On the screening days the students filled in the questionnaire for each patient, including questions about age, gender, length of hospital stay, normal weight in recent months, weight, height, BMI, nutritional risk and nutritional care practices. The students measured weight and height whenever possible, and screened the patients for nutritional risk. Data were collected by using a stratified sampling technique along with adequate power calculations to improve the representativeness of the sample. The researchers received anonymously completed questionnaires and screening forms from the students and never met the patients.
Study design
- Observational model
- Case only
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 70 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Older adult
- Study population
- Patients were recruited from a large University hospital in Norway. The university hospital covers about 10% of the Norwegian population, providing healthcare services for approximately half a million people living in urban and rural municipalities. The patient population is thus heterogenic with respect to ethnicity and socioeconomic factors. All somatic wards having nursing students in acute care clinical studies in autumn 2011 were included in the study. The study sample comprised 14 of 16 medical and surgical somatic wards. Additionally, one rehabilitation ward, one specialized short time unit, one emergency medicine ward, and one cardio-monitoring ward were included. Eligible patients were selected by the nursing students in cooperation with the ward nursing staff.
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- All elderly (≥70 yrs) patients admitted on the included wards at 08.00 am on the screening days were asked to participate.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Terminal patients (assumed short-lived, <1 month), patients diagnosed with dementia and patients whom the ward staff found unfit to participate were excluded.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Nutritional risk
Time frame: 9 screening days were conducted in 2011-2013
Patients was screened for nutritional risk on 9 screening days conducted in the academic years of 2011/2012 and 2012/2103. The Nutritional Risk Screening Tool 2002 (NRS2002) was employed to identify nutritional risk in the patients.
1 secondary outcome
Nutritional care practices
Time frame: 9 nutritional screening days were conducted in the period 2011-2013
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 13 Jan 2015.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Kari Almendingen, Professor study chair
Oslo Metropolitan University
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Undernutrition and Malnutrition, run by Oslo Metropolitan University.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Jan 2015. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Nutritional risk (time frame: 9 screening days were conducted in 2011-2013). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Jan 2015.