Effects of a Home-Based and Volunteer-Administered Physical Training, Nutritional, and Social Support Program on Malnutrition and Frailty in Older Persons: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 671.e9-671.e16

  Luger, Eva ^a   Dorner, Thomas Ernst ^a   Haider, Sandra ^a   Kapan, Ali ^a   Lackinger, Christian ^b   Schindler, Karin ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SPORTUNION Austria ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

exercise; frailty; home visits; malnutrition; nutrition; Older persons

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CIRCUIT TRAINING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRAINING; VERY ELDERLY; VOLUNTEER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME VISIT; KINESIOTHERAPY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84979657029     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.04.018     Document Type: Article

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