dysfagie undernourishment and swallowing disorder
Conditions
Interventions
pre-thickened oral nutritional supplement
Sponsors
Universiteit Maastricht
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. male or female nursing home resident * 65 years of age 2. diagnosis of (risk on) malnutrition based on the validated short nutritional assessment questionnaire for residential care (SNAQrc) 3. diagnosis of oropharyngeal dysphagia based on the 90 mL water swallow test (WST) according to Dutch guidelines and subsequent assessment by speech and language therapist (SLT) 4. admitted to * or living in a somatic - or psychogeriatric ward in one of the participating nursing homes 5. written informed consent (IC) from participant or legal representative
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - consequent daily use of protein- and/or energy containing ONS in the past 4 weeks - consequent use of enteral - or parenteral nutrition at the moment of screening or 4 weeks prior to screening - investigator*s uncertainty about the willingness or ability of the subject to comply with the protocol requirements - known allergy or intolerance to any ingredient of the intervention product, e.g. lactose intolerance or galactosemia
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in body weight : kg. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| * Nutritional intake: macro- and micronutrients intake, fluid intake * Compliance of the study product : % of amount of daily advice of study product * General and dysphagia-specific Quality of Life : EQ-5D, Dysphagia Severity Scale, Dysphagia Quality of Life, Dysphagia Swallowing Anxiety | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed