Nutritional Care After Discharge in Children Term Born-18years Old
ConditionMalnutrition, Child
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age7-18
SponsorErasmus Medical Center
About this trial
The goal of this stepped wedge cluster randomized trial is to compare nutritional care after discharge to an intervention in children term born - 18 years old discharged with newly initiated nutritional care.
The main question it aims to answer is:
To investigate whether a tailored nutritional care follow-up program in children who are being discharged from the hospital with nutritional support improves nutritional intake and status as well as feeding behavior and quality of life (QoL) in children and their parents. Furthermore, the effect on parental stress, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress (PTSD) as well as QoL will be assessed with and without a tailored nutritional care follow-up program
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Children term born neonates till 18 years old
Admitted with newly initiated nutritional support(oral and/or enteral nutritional support) during hospitalization
Nutritional Support continues at home after discharge.
Disqualifiers
Children with existing nutritional support upon admission
Children in need of parenteral nutrition at discharge
Children with DSM-5 diagnosed feeding disorders such as anorexia
Absence of written informed consent
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- A structured follow-up with a tailored made nutritional plan and a parent empowerment program
Treatment groups
260 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov