POOR ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING PREDICT FUTURE WEIGHT LOSS IN OLDER ADULTS AFTER HOSPITAL DISCHARGE
Alfons Ramel · 2023
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Description
Alfons Ramel asks whether older adults who struggle with daily tasks at hospital discharge lose more weight over the next six months, and whether nutrition therapy can stop it. He re-analyzed a trial of 104 adults aged 66 to 95 who were at risk of malnutrition. Daily-living skill was scored as good, medium, or poor at discharge.
In the control group, four of five people lost over a kilo, and those with poor skills lost about 3.6 kilos more than those with good skills. In the therapy group, weight held steady across skill levels. Feeding support after discharge erased the gap.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Alfons Ramel |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |