Follow-up Home Visits With Nutrition

University of Copenhagen152 enrolled

Overview

To assess the effect on geriatric patients of follow-up home visit including nutrition. The hypothesis is that this can prevent hospital readmissions, and has a positive impact on functional abilities and quality of life

Before and after the intervention the participants nutritional status, hand grip strength, functional abilities, well-being, dietary intake, level of tiredness,and activities of daily living will be assessed

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

152

Conditions

Malnutrition

Interventions

individual nutritional therapyDIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

individual nutritional therapy provided by a registered dietician by means of three follow-up home visits

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Geriatric patients in nutritional risk Exclusion Criteria: * Dementia * Expected readmissions * Terminal disease * Non-Danish speaking

Locations (1)

Geriatric department

Herlev, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

hospital readmissions

Time frame: one year

Secondary Outcomes

body weight

Time frame: 12 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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