• Nutrition · Feb 2016

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Multidisciplinary nutritional support for undernutrition in nursing home and home-care: A cluster randomized controlled trial.

    • Anne Marie Beck, Annette Gøgsig Christensen, Birthe Stenbæk Hansen, Signe Damsbo-Svendsen, and MøllerTina Kreinfeldt SkovgaardTKThe Municipality of Frederiksberg, Stockflethsvej 4, Frederiksberg, Denmark..
    • Metropolitan University College, Pustervig 8, DK-1126 Copenhagen K, Denmark. Electronic address: ambe@phmetropol.dk.
    • Nutrition. 2016 Feb 1; 32 (2): 199-205.

    ObjectiveTo assess the effect of multidisciplinary nutritional support for undernutrition in older adults in nursing home and home-care identified with the validated Eating Validation Scheme (EVS).MethodsAn 11 wk cluster randomized trial with a home-care (3 clusters) or nursing home (3 clusters) setting as the unit of randomization. Before starting the study, a train-the-trainer course was performed to educate the nutrition coordinators. In addition to the nutrition coordinator, the participants assigned to the intervention group strategy received multidisciplinary nutrition support. Focus was on treatment of the potentially modifiable nutritional risk factors identified with the EVS, by involving the physiotherapist, registered dietitian, and occupational therapist, as relevant and independent of the municipality's ordinary assessment and referral system. Outcome parameters were quality of life (by means of EuroQol-5D-3L), physical performance (30-seconds chair stand), nutritional status (weight and hand-grip strength), oral care, fall incidents, hospital admissions, rehabilitation stay, moving to nursing homes (participants from home-care), and mortality.ResultsRespectively, 55 (46 from 2 home-care clusters) and 40 (18 from 1 home-care cluster) were identified with the EVS and comprised the intervention and control group. A difference after 11 wk in quality of life (0.758 [0.222] versus 0.534 [0.355], P = 0.001), 30-seconds chair stand (47% versus 17% improved, P = 0.005) and oral care (1.1 [0.3] versus 1.3 [0.5], P = 0.021) was observed. There was a almost significant difference in mortality (2% versus 13%, P = 0.079).ConclusionsMultidisciplinary nutritional support in older adults in nursing home and home-care could have a positive effect on quality of life, muscle strength, and oral care.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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