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| Subject recruitment, retention and protocol feasibility in a prospective study of nutritional risk among urban, frail homebound elders | | Author(s) | Carole V Ewart, Nichole A Fearon, Maureen E Lund |
| Journal title | Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, vol 21, no 1, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 1-22 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Malnutrition ; Urban areas ; Housebound ; At risk ; Screening ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The feasibility of performing comprehensive in-home nutritional risk assessments in a prospective research study of urban, frail homebound elderly patients (aged 65-105) is important, given previous reports of difficulties conducting research with older adults. Trained field teams conducted nutritional and health status assessments on 239 subjects, patients of the Boston University Geriatric Services clinical home care programme. Baseline data were obtained on 153 of the 159 interview items from 91% of respondents; three 24 hour dietary recalls from 73%; anthropometry from 60%-93%; and other physical assessments from 63%-94%. Attrition was 21%; mortality was 9% over 12 months. Well-designed, flexibly administered study protocols, modest financial incentives, and careful follow-up contributed to follow-up interview response rates of 81% to 89% among recruits over the study's duration. Clearly, it is feasible to recruit frail older subjects, and for well-trained two-person field teams to conduct comprehensive in-home assessments of nutritional risk in under two hours, with good retention over 12 months of follow-up. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020306201 A |
| Classmark | CSM: RK: C6: CA3: 3V: 3J: 7T |
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