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A Need-based Nutritional Intervention in Nursing Home Residents

NCT01741870 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 92

Last updated 2024-07-31

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Summary

To examine the effectiveness of a "need-based nutritional intervention" strategy in improving the nutritional and physical functional status of nursing home elderly.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Nutritional supplement

Subjects will receive 50 g/day of a soy protein-based nutritional supplement containing 9.5 g protein, 250 kcal energy and all essential micronutrients

OTHER

Treatment as usual

routine care

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Asia University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alan C Tsai, PhD · Professor, Dept. of Healthcare Adm., Asia University, 500 liufeng Road, Wufeng, Taichung, Taiwan 41354

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-04-30
Primary Completion
2011-10-31
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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