Follow-up home visits with registered dietitians have a positive effect on the functional and nutritional status of geriatric medical patients after discharge: A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 483-493

  Beck, Anne Marie ^a   Kjær, Stine ^a   Hansen, Birthe Stenbæk ^a   Storm, Rikke Lunau ^a   Thal Jantzen, Kirsten ^a   Bitz, Christian ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Nutrition; rehabilitation; weight loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET THERAPY; DIETITIAN; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; NUTRITION; REHABILITATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONISTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

NUTRITION; REHABILITATION; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84878047187     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215512469384     Document Type: Article

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