Home-made oral supplement as nutritional support of old nursing home residents, who are undernourished or at risk of undernutrition based on the MNA. A pilot trial

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 212-215

  Beck, Anne Marie ^a   Ovesen, Lars ^a   Schroll, Marianne ^b  

^a DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body weight; Dietary intake; Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA); Nursing home; Nutritional risk; Nutritional supplements

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036623769     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324439     Document Type: Article

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