Nutritional Intervention for Geriatric Hip Fracture Patients

Kowloon Hospital, Hong Kong126 enrolled

Overview

This is a randomized controlled, observer blinded trial to study the beneficial effect of nutritional supplementation in elderly Hong Kong patients after hip fracture surgery during rehabilitation and at 4 weeks follow up. The control group will receive Calcium and Vitamin D supplementation whereas the intervention group will receive a moderately high dose protein nutritional supplementation in addition to Vitamin D and Calcium. Both groups undergo the same rehabilitation program and dietary counseling before discharge. They are followed up 4 weeks after discharge or completion of supplementation. The outcome parameters are nutritional parameters and rehabilitation outcomes.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

126

Conditions

Hip Fractures

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 60 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age 60 years or older * Recent low impact osteoporotic fracture of the proximal femur surgically repaired within 4 weeks before recruitment Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who require tube feeding * Patients in unstable medical condition * Body mass index (BMI) ≧ 25 * Malignancy * Conditions with contraindication for high protein diet * Mentally incapacitated and inability to communicate or understand the consent.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Nutritional parameters

Biochemical and anthropometric measurements

Time frame: Change from Baseline in nutritional parameters at discharge from hospital and at 4 weeks after discharge

Secondary Outcomes

Rehabilitation Outcomes

functional, strength and mobility measurements

Time frame: Change from Baseline in rehabilitation outcomes at discharge from hospital and at 4 weeks after discharge