Implementation of Nutritional Guidelines and Effects in Nursing Home Residents

Clinical Outcome in Nursing Home Residents After Implementation of Nutritional Guidelines

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01861366

Enrollment

101

Registered

2013-05-23

Start date

2009-05-31

Completion date

2011-06-30

Last updated

2013-05-23

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Conditions

Implementation Strategies, Nutritional Outcome of Nursing Home Residents

Keywords

Implementation, Guidelines, Nutrition, Nursing home

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to examine two implementation strategies (external facilitation and educational outreach visit) when introducing nutritional guidelines in the elderly care setting and to evaluate the results of the implementation by clinical outcome measures of the nursing home residents. The hypothesis is that the residents affected by the external facilitation strategy will stay stable in the measured clinical outcomes, while the residents influenced by the educational outreach visit will deteriorate during the implementation process.

Interventions

OTHERA one year multifaceted implementation strategy

OTHERA three hour lecture about the guidelines

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* age of 65 or older * nursing home resident * persons who manage the examination methods (interviews and blood samples)

Exclusion criteria

\- persons in terminal stage of life

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Nutritional status	2 years	Nutritional status is assessed with the Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form tool

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Functional status	2 years	Functional status is assessed with ADL (Activities in Daily Living) Barthel index.
Cognitive status	2 years	Cognitive status is assessed with Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ).
Health-related Quality of Life	2 years	Health-related Quality of Life is assessed with EQ-5D.

Other

Measure	Time frame	Description
Biochemical markers	2 years	Blood samples are collected for analysis of vitamin D, albumin, CRP (C-reactive protein), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), creatinine and cystatin C, which gives biochemical information on the nutritional status, inflammation activity and renal function.
Morbidity	2 years	Morbidity is assessed with Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI).

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026