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| A prospective study of the use of liquid oral dietary supplements in nursing homes | | Author(s) | Jeanie Kayser-Jones, Ellen S Schell, Carol Porter |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 46, no 11, November 1998 |
| Pages | pp 1378-1386 |
| Keywords | Malnutrition ; Nutrition ; Patients [nursing homes] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Older nursing home residents are often at risk for nutritional disorders. This study investigated the use of liquid oral dietary supplements among 40 nursing home residents who were eating poorly and losing weight. Results revealed that supplements had been ordered for 29 of the 40 residents. Only 9 of the 29 residents were served the correct number and type of supplements as ordered by their physicians, and only two residents consumed the full amount of supplement as ordered. The overall mean percentage of supplement consumed compared with that ordered was 55.1%. Although supplements were ordered primarily to prevent weight loss and to facilitate weight gain, nearly half of the residents continued to lose weight. The findings indicated that supplements were used non-specifically as an intervention for weight loss in nursing home residents without regard to dose, diagnosis and management of underlying problems, amount of supplement consumed, and outcome. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990302402 A |
| Classmark | CSM: CF: LHB:LF: 7T |
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