Clinical trial NCT02351661: The Nutrition Care in Canadian Hospitals Study; 2010-2013.
Official title: The Nutrition Care In Canadian Hospitals Study: 2010-2013
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Malnutrition
Lead sponsor: Canadian Malnutrition Task Force
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Canadian Nutrition Society
First posted: 2015-01-30
Enrollment: 1022
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: medical or surgical patients; large hospitals (\>250 beds) recruited 60 patients and small hospitals recruited 40 patients over the age of 18 years; all provided informed consent or proxy provided informed consent

Brief summary: The Nutrition Care In Canadian Hospitals study, conducted by the Canadian Malnutrition Task Force had the primary purpose of determining the prevalence of malnutrition in Canadian acute care hospitals. Secondary objectives were to determine the independent association of malnutrition with patient centred outcomes (e.g. length of stay) and describe the nutrition care processes for malnourished and well nourished patients.

Detailed description: Data from 18 community and academic hospitals was collected from a convenience sample of 1022 medical or surgical patients. This prospective cohort study followed patients throughout their admission to 30-day post discharge. Measures included nutrition indicators, nutrition care processes and health outcomes.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* acute care admission, medical or surgical unit; English or French language;anticipated to stay in hospital for 2 or more days; consent to study entry;

Exclusion Criteria: other hospital units; palliative patients; unable to complete informed consent due to language barrier or no proxy available; dementia

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Primary outcomes:
measure: length of stay
timeFrame: 0- 60 days
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Waterloo
name: Heather Keller
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Keller HH, Vesnaver E, Davidson B, Allard J, Laporte M, Bernier P, Payette H, Jeejeebhoy K, Duerksen D, Gramlich L. Providing quality nutrition care in acute care hospitals: perspectives of nutrition care personnel. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2014 Apr;27(2):192-202. doi: 10.1111/jhn.12170. Epub 2013 Oct 23.
citation: Duerksen DR, Keller HH, Vesnaver E, Laporte M, Jeejeebhoy K, Payette H, Gramlich L, Bernier P, Allard JP. Nurses' Perceptions Regarding the Prevalence, Detection, and Causes of Malnutrition in Canadian Hospitals: Results of a Canadian Malnutrition Task Force Survey. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2016 Jan;40(1):100-6. doi: 10.1177/0148607114548227. Epub 2014 Sep 4.
citation: Duerksen DR, Keller HH, Vesnaver E, Allard JP, Bernier P, Gramlich L, Payette H, Laporte M, Jeejeebhoy K. Physicians' perceptions regarding the detection and management of malnutrition in Canadian hospitals: results of a Canadian Malnutrition Task Force survey. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2015 May;39(4):410-7. doi: 10.1177/0148607114534731. Epub 2014 Jun 2.
citation: Jeejeebhoy KN, Keller H, Gramlich L, Allard JP, Laporte M, Duerksen DR, Payette H, Bernier P, Vesnaver E, Davidson B, Teterina A, Lou W. Nutritional assessment: comparison of clinical assessment and objective variables for the prediction of length of hospital stay and readmission. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 May;101(5):956-65. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.114.098665. Epub 2015 Mar 4.