None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Current practice is that once patients are discharged from hospital after surgery they do not have dietetic follow up. The aim of this study is to investigate whether individualised nutrition counselling improves nutritional status and quality of life in the 6 months post-discharge.
Interventions
All patients will recieve a one-on-one 30 minute nutrition counselling session with a Dietitian on the ward prior to discharge to discuss eating after surgery. Basic information is covered such as small frequent meals and high energy/protein food choices. This is current practice. Then patients are randomised into a control group or intervention. The intevention group are contacted by the Dietitian by phone every 2 weeks for 6 months and face to face at 1 and 3 months. This nutrition couselling
All patients will recieve a one-on-one 30 minute nutrition counselling session with a Dietitian on the ward prior to discharge to discuss eating after surgery. Basic information is covered such as small frequent meals and high energy/protein food choices. This is current practice. Then patients are randomised into a control group or intervention. The intevention group are contacted by the Dietitian by phone every 2 weeks for 6 months and face to face at 1 and 3 months. This nutrition couselling will include assessing intake, weight and symptoms, and giving relevant nutrition advice based on this.
Sponsors
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
All patients undergoing Ivor-lewis Oesphagectomy, Partial or Total Gastrectomy, or Whipples surgery for non-neoplasm or curative neoplasm reasons.
Exclusion criteria
Known metastatic disease Rural patient not to be followed up by Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) surgeons
Outcome results
None listed