Is Multifactorial Nutritional Treatment for Undernutrition in Older Adults in Primary Care Cost-effective? (CES)

Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev

Status: Completed

Conditions: Frail Older Adults

Treatments: Other: multifactorial nutritional intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01873456

CES1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The hypothesis is that there is a profit potential by implementing a multifactorial nutritional intervention among frail elderly since this will result in an improved nutritional status, functional capacity and improved quality of life.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Screening for nutritional risk

Exclusion criteria

• terminal condition or do not wish to participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Multifactorial nutritional intervention

Experimental group

Description:

dietician, resistance type exercise, dysphagia assessment and treatment

Treatment:

Other: multifactorial nutritional intervention

usual care

No Intervention group

Description:

usual care