Fast-track- recovery surgery with a whey-protein-infused carbohydrate-loading drink pre-operatively and early oral feeding post-operatively among surgical gynaecological cancer patients: study protocol of an open-labelled, randomised controlled trial

Table 1 Data collection procedures and the study outcomes

Procedure/parameters	Location	Baseline	Pre-operation	Post-operation	Post-operative hospitalisation	Discharge	1 month post discharge
Enrolment	Clinic
Allocation	Clinic
Data collection	Ward
Age		√
Ethnicity		√
Education level		√
Employment status		√
Marital status		√
Diagnosis		√
Other comorbidity		√
Cancer stage				√
ASA score		√
Height		√				√
Weight changes in the past 1month		√
Body composition (weight, muscle mass, FM, FFM and MUAC)		√				√
Handgrip strength		√				√
PG-SGA		√
Dietary recall		√			√	√
Haemoglobin level			√	√
Glucose level			√	√
C-reactive protein			√	√
Albumin			√	√
Length of post-operative stay						√
Length of bowel function					√
Length of solid-food toleraance					√
Length of clear-fluid tolerance					√
Post-operative complications (PONV, ileus and infection)					√
Readmission within 1 month post discharge							√
Reason for readmission (infection, and wound debridement)							√

ASA American Society of Anaesthesiologists, FM fat mass, FFM fat-free mass, MUAC mid-upper-arm circumference, PG-SGA Patient Generated Subjective Global Assessment, PONV post-operative nausea and vomiting

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