Evaluating the Impact of the Eating Matters Program on the Nutritional Status of Medical Rehab Patients at Joseph Brant Hospital

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Conditions studied: Food Intake

In brief

This research study will determine the impact of the Eating Matters Program on the nutritional status of elderly patients at Joseph Brant Hospital. The Eating Matters Program at Joseph Brant Hospital is a volunteer-based feeding assistance program that aims to improve patients' nutritional intake by providing assistance during mealtimes. As research on the impact of such programs on food intake is limited in Canada, this study will explore how the Eating Matters Program influences protein and energy intake of patients at Joseph Brant Hospital. Further, this study will explore if the hypothesized increase in protein and energy intake with the initiation of the Eating Matters Program is correlated with a decreased risk of malnutrition.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04445883

Run by

Joseph Brant Hospital

People needed

80

Starts

2024-06-20

Expected to finish

2025-10-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-08-27

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients 65 years and over admitted to Medicine and Rehabilitation units at Joseph Brant Hospital with an anticipated stay 10-14 days
• Patients with a Subjective Global Assessment score of B or C, and identified to require eating assistance
• Patients able to provide consent or have a Power of Attorney to do so on their behalf

You may not qualify if…

• Patients that are NPO status (nothing by mouth)
• Patients that require enteral or total parenteral feeding
• Palliative care patients
• Severe cognitive impairment

Where it is running

• Joseph Brant Hospital — Burlington, Ontario, Canada (enrolling)

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