Status:

COMPLETED

PERFormance Enhancement of the Canadian Nutrition Guidelines by a Tailored Implementation Strategy: The PERFECTIS Study

Lead Sponsor:

Daren K. Heyland

Collaborating Sponsors:

Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science, Ontario

Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research (CFDR)

Conditions:

Critically Ill

Intensive Care Unit

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Canadian Critical Care Nutrition Guidelines assist health practitioners in identifying best practices for feeding critically ill patients. However, guidelines have resulted in little change in Intensi...

Detailed Description

A before-after study will be conducted in 7 Canadian and US ICUs. Each participating ICU will implement a tailored guideline implementation intervention aimed at narrowing the guideline-practice gap. ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • ICUs must be affiliated with a registered dietitian.
  • ICUs must have a minimum of 8 beds.
  • ICUs must be located in Canada, Australia, or US.
  • ICUs have previously participated in the International Nutrition Survey.

Exclusion

  • ICUs with less than 8 beds.
  • ICUs with high nutrition performance, as demonstrated previously in the International Nutrition Survey (i.e. average nutritional adequacy \>60% and/or above 50th percentile when ranked against all participating ICUs according to nutrition practice performance score)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 16 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

278 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01168128

Start Date

September 16 2009

End Date

September 1 2011

Last Update

December 17 2020

Active Locations (5)

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Anne Arundel Medical Center

Annapolis, Maryland, United States

2

Spartanburg Regional Medical Center

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

3

Peter Lougheed

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

4

Capital Health - University of Alberta Hospital (hospital general systems)

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada