NCT04858165

A Logical Framework for Tailor-made Paradigm Shift Hospital Foodservice to Prevent Malnutrition Among Geriatric Patients in Hospitals

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 350 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universiti Putra Malaysia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Hospital Food service is important for patient recovery by providing necessary aid with adequate meal consumption. Overall, hospital experience can influence patients' satisfaction for the foodservice quality. Thus, it is important to evaluate patient satisfaction with food service to meet consumers' needs in order to prevent malnutrition. The aim of the studies is to develop the Malaysian geriatric patients' hospital foodservice protocol (My GERYFS). There are 3 Phases in this research which is phase 1 is a multicentre cohort study conducted among elderly and healthcare professionals involved in Klang Valley Hospitals. Phase 2 for To develop a tailor-made hospital foodservice protocol for Malaysian geriatric patients with healthcare professional input and phase 3 is to determine the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of MY GERYFS protocol in a Malaysian hospital. Effectiveness of this study protocol can bring benefits to elderly to prevent malnutrition in the hospitals via foodservice.

Conditions

• Hospital Foodservice Satisfaction; Hospital Meals Satisfaction; Elderly, Nutrition, Malnutrition in Elderly, Malnutrition

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	MY GERYFS PROTOCOL	The MY GERYFS will be introduced through a guideline document, dissemination through the department of nursing, notices on the intranet and provision of large signs indicating that MY GERYFS are in progress and the times of meals for each ward. The developed protocol in phase 1 and 2 will be tested in single-centre in a before and after study for its feasibility and safety. In the pre-study, patients will be given usual care. In the post-study, patients will care according to the developed protocol. Clinical outcomes such as malnutrition risk, medical background, anthropometry data, nutrition-focused physical findings, dietary intake, mealtime barrier, Hospital Foodservices satisfaction will be recorded.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-09-01
• Primary completion: 2022-11-30
• Completion: 2022-11-30
• First posted: 2021-04-26
• Last updated: 2021-06-29

Locations

5 sites across 1 country: Malaysia