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NCT Number: NCT01627496

Nutritional Status and Quality of Life in Older Adults

The aim of this study is to determine the nutritional status, and factors affecting malnutrition in older people staying in hospitals.

Objectives:

* To recruit a sample of older people in hospital * To collect information on nutritional status, satisfaction with food-related life and experience with access to food in hospital. * To assess the staffing attitudes to nutritional care of the older adult * To undertake an audit of therapeutic ('special') diets served in hospitals, with respect to their nutritional adequacy and wastage * To investigate predictors and correlates of malnutrition within the hospital setting and compare these relationships with those previously identified in care homes and the community. * To make recommendations for practice to improve the nutritional status of hospitalised older adults.

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Key information

Conditions

Malnutrition Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

75 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Royal Surrey County Hospital

Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Aged ≥ 75 years old
  • Male or female
  • Duration of stay is more than 24hrs
  • Able to eat normally
  • Able to read and write English
  • Able to be weighed standing or sitting OR accurate weight available since admission

Exclusion criteria

  • Age below 75 years old
  • Newly admitted patient (less than 24hrs)
  • Certain medical conditions likely to affect digestion/ absorption of nutrients (researchers will assess)
  • Unable to provide informed written consent
  • Patients on gastric surgical wards or suffering from gastritis
  • Patients currently taking laxatives
  • Unable to be weighed and no measured weight available (self report weight is not adequate)

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Nutritional status

    Time frame: baseline

    Using MNA

  2. Satisfaction with food related quality of life

    Time frame: baseline

  3. Dietary intake

    Time frame: baseline

    3 x 24hr recalls

Secondary outcomes

  1. Food Access in Hospital

    Time frame: baseline

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Surrey

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Nutritional Status and Quality of Life in Older Hospitalised Adults

Acronym: NSQLOP

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Jun 25, 2012
Registry last updated
Jul 4, 2012

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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