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Nutritional Care After Discharge in Children Term Born-18years Old
Sponsor: Erasmus Medical Center
Summary
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
Official title: Nutritional Care After Hospital Discharge
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
7 Days - 18 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
260
Start Date
2024-12-01
Completion Date
2027-03-31
Last Updated
2024-05-16
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
multidisciplinary structured tailored made nutritional advice
The goal is a structured follow-up after discharge. Parents need to fill in questionnaires about eating behavior en feeding difficulties about their child. They also need to fill in a questionnaire about their stress. Together with their nutritional intake (3-days food diary) and growth a tailor-made nutritional plan is made. All the information I showed in a dashboard and discussed it with their dietitian. Who discusses this information in a multi-disciplinary team (pediatrician, psychologist and if needed a speech therapist).
Locations (1)
ErasmusMC
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands