Randomized clinical trial of nutritional counseling for malnourished hospital patients

Malnutrition is associated with an increased risk of mortality and morbidity, longer hospital stays and general loss of quality of life. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of dietary counseling for malnourished hospital patients. Prospective, randomized, open-label study of 106 hospital p...

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Published in:Revista clínica espanõla (English edition) 2015-08, Vol.215 (6), p.308-314
Main Authors: Casals, C, García-Agua-Soler, N, Vázquez-Sánchez, M Á, Requena-Toro, M V, Padilla-Romero, L, Casals-Sánchez, J L
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Language:eng ; spa
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Summary:Malnutrition is associated with an increased risk of mortality and morbidity, longer hospital stays and general loss of quality of life. The aim of this study is to assess the impact of dietary counseling for malnourished hospital patients. Prospective, randomized, open-label study of 106 hospital patients with malnutrition (54 in the control group and 52 in the intervention group). The intervention group received dietary counseling, and the control group underwent standard treatment. We determined the patients' nutritional state (body mass index, laboratory parameters, malnutrition universal screening tool), degree of dependence (Barthel index), quality of life (SF-12), degree of satisfaction (CSQ-8), the number and length of readmissions and mortality. The patients who underwent the "intervention" increased their weight at 6 months, while the controls lost weight (difference in body mass index, 2.14kg/m(2); p
ISSN:2254-8874
DOI:10.1016/j.rce.2015.02.012