A cluster randomised feasibility trial evaluating nutritional interventions in the treatment of malnutrition in care home adult residents

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Stow, Ruth ^a,b,d   Ives, Natalie ^a   Smith, Christina ^c   Rick, Caroline ^a   Rushton, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Division of Nutritional Sciences North Laboratory Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

care homes; elderly; malnutrition; Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST); nutrition support; nutritional intervention; nutritional risk; oral nutritional supplements; sip feeds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAND GRIP; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY SERVICE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; EATING; ENGLAND; ENTERIC FEEDING; HOME FOR THE AGED; MEAL; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIETARY SERVICES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; ENGLAND; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MEALS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84942526336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0952-2     Document Type: Article

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