The study investigates the effect of liquid food on the intake of energy and protein compared to solid food. One group will receive dietary counselling in fulfilling their need for energy and protein from liquid food and the other group from solid food.
The study investigates the effect of liquid food on the intake of energy and protein compared to solid food. One group will receive dietary counselling in fulfilling their need for energy and protein from liquid food and the other group from solid food. Both groups need to register their dietary intake in a period of 14 days and will be weighed three times during the intervention. At the end of the intervention they need to fill out a questionnaire.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
the participants will receive dietary counselling in fulfilling their need of energy and protein according to the group they are randomized to (either solid or liquid food).
Hematological clinic
Copenhagen, Denmark
Intake of energy and protein
assessed by dietary records from both groups
Time frame: 14 days
Weightloss change in percent from baseline
calculated by comparing baseline weight with the weight after 14 days
Time frame: 14 days
Amount of infections
infection, e.g. fever, diarrhoea will be assessed from the medical record
Time frame: 14 days
Need for tube feeding and parenteral nutrition
will be assessed from the medical record
Time frame: 14 days
patient satisfaction as well as perception of own nutritional status
will be assessed from a questionnaire filled out by the patient after completing the intervention
Time frame: 14 days
patients compliance of following the nutritional guidelines in the liquid group
calculating the amount of energy from liquid food compared to the total energy intake using the dietary records
Time frame: 14 days
Dose of cytostatics
will be assessed from the medical records
Time frame: 14 days
unplanned hospital stay
will be assessed from the medical record
Time frame: 14 days
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