title: Multidisciplinary nutritional support for undernutrition in nursing home and home-care: A cluster randomized controlled trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To 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).
  
  
  METHODS
  An 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.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Respectively, 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).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Multidisciplinary 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.
authors.affiliation: Metropolitan University College, Pustervig 8, DK-1126 Copenhagen K, Denmark. Electronic address: ambe@phmetropol.dk.
authors.forename: Anne Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.affiliation: The Municipality of Frederiksberg, Stockflethsvej 4, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Annette Gøgsig
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.affiliation: The Municipality of Frederiksberg, Stockflethsvej 4, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Birthe Stenbæk
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.affiliation: The Municipality of Frederiksberg, Stockflethsvej 4, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Signe
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Damsbo-Svendsen
authors.affiliation: The Municipality of Frederiksberg, Stockflethsvej 4, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Tina Kreinfeldt Skovgaard
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Møller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D018737:Hand Strength; D006699:Home Care Services; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000628:therapy*; D053580:Muscle Strength; D009735:Nursing Homes; D009752:Nutritional Status; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000379:methods*; D064686:Nutritionists; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Home-care; Multidisciplinary nutritional support; Nursing home; Quality of life; Undernutrition