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Southampton Mealtime Assistance Study

NCT01647204 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 342

Last updated 2014-11-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The primary objective of the study is to determine if the use of volunteers employed specifically to focus on mealtime assistance can increase food and nutrient intake of patients admitted to an acute Care of the Elderly ward. The sustainability of providing helpers to increase dietary intake over a year will be assessed and linked to actual dietary intake. The secondary objectives are to assess the association between dietary intake resulting from mealtime assistance and patient satisfaction, malnutrition risk, body composition, grip strength, length of hospital stay and hospital mortality.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition

Interventions

OTHER

trained volunteer mealtime assistance

trained volunteers helped inpatients at lunchtimes with dinner tray preparation, encouragement and feeding if required

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Southampton

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Helen C Roberts, MB ChB · University of Southampton

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
70 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-01-31
Completion
2013-01-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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