Southampton mealtime assistance study: Design and methods

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Roberts, Helen C ^a   Pilgrim, Anna L ^b,c   Elia, Marinos ^c   Jackson, Alan A ^c   Cooper, Cyrus ^b   Sayer, Avan Aihie ^a,b   Robinson, Sian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Hospital; Mealtime assistance; Nutrition; Older; Volunteer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEAL; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIET RECORDS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MEALS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84871874554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-5     Document Type: Article

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