An interventional study of Virtual Nutrition Education in Nutritional Deficiency, sponsored by St. Boniface Hospital. Completed at 1 site in Canada. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 100 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-04-11.
Sponsored by St. Boniface Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This feasibility study will look to identify the impact that a remote/virtual nutritional intervention can have on nutrition literacy and knowledge retention of the cardiac surgery patient.
The proposed VIP study will utilize an interventional feasibility design to implement and evaluate the impact of a virtual nutrition intervention prehab program on cardiac surgery patients. The VIP study looks to measure patient adherence and acceptability, and practicality of the remote platform in hopes it will illicit change to the current standard of nutrition care being provided to cardiac surgery patients.
The current standards of care do not call for dietitian involvement for cardiac surgery patients' pre-surgery and little to no involvement for patients not receiving CABG surgery. This feasibility study looks to address this gap in current patient nutrition care.
The study intervention will provide eligible patients (n=20) with access to four 25-30 minute virtual sessions with a registered dietitian during the two-week period prior to surgery. The dietitian will provide the patient with nutrition counseling prior to the patient's elective cardiac surgery. Zoom (or equivalent) software will be utilized as a remote platform to connect the dietitian virtually with participants during all sessions. The four sessions will follow the same presentation format and will provide all participants with identical nutrition education with curriculum content progressing in each subsequent session. Each session will be comprised of protein education and goal setting, with education content building on previous sessions with a goal of improving patient protein intake perioperatively.
Data will be collected on: (1) participant demographics, (2) physical function, (3) nutritional status and (4) nutrition literacy.
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Exclusion Criteria:
This arm will receive the virtual nutritional intervention consisting of 4 - 30 minute sessions to educate cardiac surgery patients before their date of surgery. Each session will provide a different theme such as: 1) nutritional assessment, 2) protein intake education, 3) nutritional adequacy prior to surgery, and 4) protein and nutrition intake post surgery
Other: Virtual Nutrition Education
4 interventional sessions will be provided using a virtual communication platform and delivered remotely to each participant by a registered dietitian. The virtual counseling sessions will be led by a registered dietitian and delivered to each participant remotely
Nutritional Literacy
measurement of nutrition related understanding - Modified Social Cognitive Theory questionnaire
Time frame: Baseline
Nutritional Literacy
measurement of nutrition related understanding - Modified Social Cognitive Theory questionnaire
Time frame: 1 week pre-surgery
Nutritional Literacy
measurement of nutrition related understanding - Modified Social Cognitive Theory questionnaire
Time frame: I month post Hospital discharge
Nutrition Status - MNA
participant nutritional status - Mini nutritional assessment
Time frame: Baseline
Nutrition Status - MNA
participant nutritional status - Mini nutritional assessment
Time frame: 1 week pre-surgery
Nutrition Status - MNA
participant nutritional status - Mini nutritional assessment
Time frame: 1 month post Hospital discharge
Nutrition Status - BMI
participant nutritional status - Body Mass Index (BMI)
Time frame: Baseline
Nutrition Status - BMI
participant nutritional status - Body Mass Index (BMI)
Time frame: 1 Week pre-surgery
Nutrition Status - BMI
participant nutritional status - Body Mass Index (BMI)
Time frame: 1 Month post hospital discharge
Quality of Life - physical function
modified Short Form - 36 questionnaire to measure physical function
Time frame: Baseline
Quality of Life - physical function
modified Short Form - 36 questionnaire to measure physical function
Time frame: 1 week pre-surgery
Quality of Life - physical function
modified Short Form - 36 questionnaire to measure physical function
Time frame: 1 month post hospital discharge
Nutritional behaviour
3-Day Food Record
Time frame: Baseline
Nutritional behaviour
3-Day Food Record
Time frame: 1 Week pre-surgery
Nutritional behaviour
3-Day Food Record
Time frame: 1 month post hospital discharge
Nutrition Status - PA
participant nutritional status - pre-albumin
Time frame: Baseline
Nutrition Status - PA
participant nutritional status - pre-albumin
Time frame: 1 week pre-surgery
Nutrition Status - PA
participant nutritional status - pre-albumin
Time frame: 1 month post hospital discharge
Plan to share: No
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