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Clinical Nutrition Concept for Hospitalized Patients With Malnutrition

NCT00673530 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10242

Last updated 2016-03-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a positive correlation between an evidence based clinical nutrition concept and relevant clinical outcomes in malnourished hospitalised patients when severity of disease is adjusted.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

evidence based clinical nutrition concept

The evidence based nutrition concept comprise a routine malnutrition screening for hospitalized patients, the implementation of an evidence based guideline for clinical nutrition in the participating hospital, education training of the clinical staff and thereby optimal clinical nutrition for malnourished hospitalized patients.

BEHAVIORAL

care as usual

Unchanged treatment of hospital patients without interference by the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stefan N Willich, Prof. Dr. · Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-07-31
Primary Completion
2007-12-31
Completion
2008-03-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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