Individualized Nutritional Care Bundle for Home Nursing Patients With Pressure Injuries.

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

380

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 23, 2023

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2024

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2025

Conditions
Wounds and InjuriesMalnutritionNutritional DeficiencyWound Healing DelayedNurse's Role
Interventions
OTHER

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."

OTHER

Optimized Standard Care

Only receiving education and management from specialized nurses trained in nutritional management , with or without supplementation

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

RECRUITING

Home Nursing Foundation, Singapore

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Home Nursing Foundation (HNF)

UNKNOWN

collaborator

Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School

OTHER

collaborator

Temasek Foundation

UNKNOWN

lead

Changi General Hospital

OTHER