Follow-up Home Visits With Nutrition (OHE)

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
AAstrup, University of Copenhagen
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01249716
First received: November 29, 2010
Last updated: March 27, 2012
Last verified: March 2012

November 29, 2010
March 27, 2012
December 2010
March 2012   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
hospital readmissions [ Time Frame: one year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Same as current
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body weight [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Same as current
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Follow-up Home Visits With Nutrition
Follow-up Home Visits With Nutrition (OHE)

To assess the effect on geriatric patients of follow-up home visit including nutrition.

The hypothesis is that this can prevent hospital readmissions, and has a positive impact on functional abilities and quality of life

Before and after the intervention the participants nutritional status, hand grip strength, functional abilities, well-being, dietary intake, level of tiredness,and activities of daily living will be assessed

Interventional
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Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Malnutrition
Dietary Supplement: individual nutritional therapy
individual nutritional therapy provided by a registered dietician by means of three follow-up home visits
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Beck AM, Kjær S, Hansen BS, Storm RL, Thal-Jantzen K. Study protocol: follow-up home visits with nutrition: a randomised controlled trial. BMC Geriatr. 2011 Dec 28;11:90.

*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Completed
152
March 2012
March 2012   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Geriatric patients in nutritional risk

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Dementia
  • Expected readmissions
  • Terminal disease
  • Non-Danish speaking
Both
65 Years and older
Yes
Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
Denmark
 
NCT01249716
22
Yes
AAstrup, University of Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen
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University of Copenhagen
March 2012

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