Should we implement mealtime assistance in the hospital setting? A systematic literature review with meta-analyses

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 19-20, 2015, Pages 2710-2721

  Tassone, Eliza C ^a   Tovey, Jasmin A ^a   Paciepnik, Jessica E ^a   Keeton, Isabel M ^a   Khoo, Anthony Y ^a   Van Veenendaal, Nicholas G ^a   Porter, Judi ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EASTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropometric; Dietary intake; Hospital; Malnutrition; Mealtime assistance; Older

Indexed keywords

AGED; ELDERLY CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEAL; META ANALYSIS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; VOLUNTEER;

AGED; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MEALS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84942198590     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12913     Document Type: Review

References (36)

1. Abbott RA, Whear R, Thompson-Coon J, Ukoumunne OC, Rogers M, Bethel A, Hemsley A & Stein K (2013) Effectiveness of mealtime interventions on nutritional outcomes for the elderly living in residential care: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ageing Research Reviews 12, 967-981.
2. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (2012) Evidence Analysis Manual. Steps in the Academy Evidence Analysis Process. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Chicago, IL. Available at: http://www.andeal.org/files/Docs/2012_Jan_EA_Manual.pdf (accessed 17 October 2014).
3. Adams NE, Bowie AJ, Simmance N, Murray M & Crowe TC (2008) Recognition by medical and nursing professionals of malnutrition and risk of malnutrition in elderly hospitalised patients. Nutrition & Dietetics 65, 144-150.
4. Biernacki C & Barratt J (2001) Improving the nutritional status of people with dementia. The British Journal of Nursing 10, 1104-1114.
5. British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (2003) Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool. British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Available at: http://www.bapen.org.uk (accessed 2 April 2015).
6. Campbell KL, Webb L, Vivanti A, Varghese P & Ferguson M (2013) Comparison of three interventions in the treatment of malnutrition in hospitalised older adults: a clinical trial. Nutrition & Dietetics 70, 325-331.
7. Charlton K, Nichols C, Bowden S, Milosavljevic M, Lambert K, Barone L, Mason M & Batterham M (2012) Poor nutritional status of older subacute patients predicts clinical outcomes and mortality at 18 months of follow-up. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 66, 1224.
8. Chen CC-H, Schilling L & Lyder CH (2001) A concept analysis of malnutrition in the elderly. Journal of Advanced Nursing 36, 131-142.
9. Detsky AS, Smalley PS & Chang J (1994) The rational clinical examination. Is this patient malnourished?. The Journal of the American Medical Association 271, 54-58.
10. Dickinson A, Welch C & Ager L (2008) No longer hungry in hospital: improving the hospital mealtime experience for older people through action research. Journal of Clinical Nursing 17, 1492-1502.
11. Ferguson M, Capra S, Bauer J & Banks M (1999) Development of a valid and reliable malnutrition screening tool for adult acute hospital patients. Nutrition 15, 458-464.
12. Green SM, Martin HJ, Roberts HC & Sayer AA (2011) A systematic review of the use of volunteers to improve mealtime care of adult patients or residents in institutional settings. Journal of Clinical Nursing 20, 1810-1823.
13. Hickson M, Bulpitt C, Nunes M, Peters R, Cooke J, Nicholl C & Frost G (2004) Does additional feeding support provided by health care assistants improve nutritional status and outcome in acutely ill older in-patients?-a randomised control trial. Clinical Nutrition 23, 69-77.
14. Hubbard GP, Elia M, Holdoway A & Stratton RJ (2012) A systematic review of compliance to oral nutritional supplements. Clinical Nutrition 31, 293-312.
15. Kaiser MJ, Bauer JM, Ramsch C, Uter W, Guigoz Y, Cederholm T, Thomas DR, Anthony PS, Charlton KE, Maggio M, Tsai AC, Vellas B & Sieber CC (2010) Frequency of malnutrition in older adults: a multinational perspective using the mini nutritional assessment. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 58, 1734-1738.
16. Liberati A, Altman DG, Tetzlaff J, Mulrow C, Gøtzsche PC, Ioannidis JPA, Clarke M, Devereaux PJ, Kleijnen J & Moher D (2009) The PRISMA statement for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of studies that evaluate health care interventions: explanation and elaboration. Annals of Internal Medicine 151, W-65-W-94.
17. Liu W, Cheon J & Thomas SA (2013) Interventions on mealtime difficulties in older adults with dementia: a systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies 51, 14-27.
18. Manning F, Harris K, Duncan R, Walton K, Bracks J, Larby L, Vari L, Jukkola K, Bell J, Chan M & Batterham M (2012) Additional feeding assistance improves the energy and protein intakes of hospitalised elderly patients. A health services evaluation. Appetite 59, 471-477.
19. McWhirter JP & Pennington CR (1994) Incidence and recognition of malnutrition in hospital. British Medical Journal 308, 945.
20. Mdege ND, Man M-S, Taylor CA & Torgerson DJ (2011) Systematic review of stepped wedge cluster randomized trials shows that design is particularly used to evaluate interventions during routine implementation. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 64, 936-948.
21. Milne AC, Potter J, Vivanti A & Avenell A (2009) Protein and energy supplementation in elderly people at risk from malnutrition. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews (2), CD003288. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003288.pub3
22. Naithani S, Whelan K, Thomas J, Gulliford MC & Morgan M (2008) Hospital inpatients' experiences of access to food: a qualitative interview and observational study. Health Expectations 11, 294-303.
23. Naithani S, Thomas JE, Whelan K, Morgan M & Gulliford MC (2009) Experiences of food access in hospital. A new questionnaire measure. Clinical Nutrition 28, 625-630.
24. National Health and Medical Research Council (2009) NHMRC Levels of Evidence and Grades for Recommendations for Guideline Developers. National Health and Medical Research Council, Canberra, ACT, Australia. Available at: https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/file/guidelines/developers/nhmrc_levels_grades_evidence:120423.pdf (accessed 17 October 2014).
25. Nieuwenhuizen WF, Weenen H, Rigby P & Hetherington MM (2010) Older adults and patients in need of nutritional support: review of current treatment options and factors influencing nutritional intake. Clinical Nutrition 29, 160-169.
26. O'Flynn J, Peake H, Hickson M, Foster D & Frost G (2005) The prevalence of malnutrition in hospitals can be reduced: results from three consecutive cross-sectional studies. Clinical Nutrition 24, 1078-1088.
27. Roberts HC, Pilgrim AL, Elia M, Jackson AA, Cooper C, Sayer AA & Robinson SM (2013) Southampton mealtime assistance study: design and methods. BioMed Central Geriatrics 13, 5.
28. Robinson S, Clump D, Weitzel T, Henderson L, Lee K, Schwartz C, Egizii P & Metz L (2002) The memorial meal mates: a program to improve nutrition in hospitalized older adults. Geriatric Nursing 23, 332-335.
29. Simmons SF & Schnelle JF (2004) Individualized feeding assistance care for nursing home residents: staffing requirements to implement two interventions. The Journals of Gerontology. Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 59, M966-M973.
30. Simmons SF, Lam HY, Rao G & Schnelle JF (2003) Family members' preferences for nutrition interventions to improve nursing home residents' oral food and fluid intake. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 51, 69-74.
31. Wade K & Flett M (2013) Which 'nutritional models-of-care' improve energy and protein intake, clinical outcomes and malnutrition in hospitalised patients? Nutrition & Dietetics 70, 7-15.
32. Walton K, Williams P, Bracks J, Zhang Q, Pond L, Smoothly R, Tapsell L, Batterham M & Vari L (2008) A volunteer feeding assistance program can improve dietary intakes of elderly patients - a pilot study. Appetite 51, 244-248.
33. Watterson C, Fraser A, Banks M, Isenring E, Miller M, Silvester C, Hoevenaars R, Bauer J, Vivanti A & Ferguson M (2009) Evidence based practice guidelines for the nutritional management of malnutrition in adult patients across the continuum of care. Nutrition & Dietetics 66, S1-S34.
34. White JV, Guenter P, Jensen G, Malone A & Schofield M (2012) Consensus statement: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition: characteristics recommended for the identification and documentation of adult malnutrition (undernutrition). Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 36, 275-283.
35. Xia C & McCutcheon H (2006) Mealtimes in hospital - who does what? Journal of Clinical Nursing 15, 1221-1227.
36. Young AM, Mudge AM, Banks MD, Ross LJ & Daniels L (2013) Encouraging, assisting and time to EAT: improved nutritional intake for older medical patients receiving Protected Mealtimes and/or additional nursing feeding assistance. Clinical Nutrition 32, 543-549.