Study protocol: follow-up home visits with nutrition: a randomised controlled trial
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Study protocol: follow-up home visits with nutrition: a randomised controlled trial
BACKGROUND Geriatric patients are at high risk of re-admission after discharge. Pre-existing nutritional risk amongst these patients is of primary concern, with former nutritional intervention studies being largely ineffective. None of these studies has included individual dietary counselling by a registered dietician or has considered competing medical conditions in the participants. A former ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Geriatrics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1471-2318
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-90