380
Participants
Start Date
October 23, 2023
Primary Completion Date
June 30, 2024
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2025
Individualized and Protocolized Nutritional Care Bundle
"Education on nutritional and wound care for patient/family based on the latest guidelines based on the The European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel, and the Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers/Injuries: 2019 Clinical Practice Guideline. A dietetic consultation at baseline, week 4 and week 8 on optimizing nutritional intake to meet caloric/protein requirements, along with additional high protein high energy (HPHE) supplementation prescribed for those participants who do not meet nutritional requirements (25-35kcal/kg/d and 1.2-2.0g protein/kg/d). The dietetic consultation will be done via face-to-face home visits and/or telehealth. A specialised nutritional supplement containing 4.5 g Arginine, 156 mg Vitamin C, 40.9 mg alpha-tocopherol equivalents (Vitamin E), 30 kcal will be administered twice a day via oral ingestion or tube feeding (mixed in 100ml water) for 12 weeks."
Optimized Standard Care
Only receiving education and management from specialized nurses trained in nutritional management , with or without supplementation
RECRUITING
Home Nursing Foundation, Singapore
Home Nursing Foundation (HNF)
UNKNOWN
Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
OTHER
Temasek Foundation
UNKNOWN
Changi General Hospital
OTHER