Nutritional Intervention in Geriatric Patients

A Multidisciplinary Nutritional Intervention Programme Across Sectors to Improve the Nutritional Status of Geriatric Patients at Nutritional Risk - A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03131856

Enrollment

150

Registered

2017-04-27

Start date

2012-10-15

Completion date

2015-12-31

Last updated

2017-04-27

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Conditions

Malnutrition

Keywords

Geriatrics, Nutritional risk, Multi-disciplinary intervention, Randomized Controlled Trial

Brief summary

This study aims to investigate the effect of a multi-disciplinary nutritional intervention program in geriatric nutritional at risk patients. The study is carried out as randomized controlled trial. The intervention consists of an individual dietary plan conducted by a clinical dietician before discharge in combination with three follow-up visits after discharge (1, 4 and 8 weeks).

Interventions

BEHAVIORALNutritional intervention programme

The intervention consisted of an individual dietary plan conducted by a clinical dietician before discharge in combination with three follow-up visits after discharge (1, 4 and 8 weeks) conducted by a district nurse.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Intervention model description

Eligible patients were randomized to either the intervention group or control group.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Age 65 or above * BMI \<20.5 and/or weight loss within the last 3 months and/or a reduced dietary intake in the previous week and/or severely ill

Exclusion criteria

* Terminal illness * Active cancer diagnosis * Permanently living in a nursing home * Not willing or able to give an informed consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Nutritional status	Three months follow-up	Change in body weight (kg)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Functional status	Three months follow-up	Barthel Index (scale 0-100)
Self-rated health	Three months follow-up	Self-rated health was measured with one single question with 5 possible responses on a Likert scale: In general, how would you rate your Health?
Re-admission	Up to three months	All-cause unplanned readmissions
Mortality	1) Up to 90 days after discharge 2) Up to 120 days after discharge	All-cause mortality

Outcome results

None listed

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