Follow-up Home Visits With Nutrition (OHE)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01249716 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: November 30, 2010
Last Update Posted
: March 29, 2012
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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
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Malnutrition | Dietary Supplement: individual nutritional therapy | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 152 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Follow-up Home Visits With Nutrition (OHE) |
Study Start Date : | December 2010 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2012 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2012 |
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Dietary Supplement: individual nutritional therapy
- hospital readmissions [ Time Frame: one year ]
- body weight [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 65 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Geriatric patients in nutritional risk
Exclusion Criteria:
- Dementia
- Expected readmissions
- Terminal disease
- Non-Danish speaking

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01249716
Denmark | |
Geriatric department | |
Herlev, Denmark, 2730 |
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Responsible Party: | AAstrup, professor, University of Copenhagen |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01249716 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
22 |
First Posted: | November 30, 2010 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 29, 2012 |
Last Verified: | March 2012 |
Keywords provided by AAstrup, University of Copenhagen:
follow-up home visit Geriatric Disorder rehabilitation |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Malnutrition Nutrition Disorders |