Follow-up Home Visits With Nutrition

Follow-up Home Visits With Nutrition (OHE)

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01249716

Acronym

OHE

Enrollment

152

Registered

2010-11-30

Start date

2010-12-31

Completion date

2012-03-31

Last updated

2012-03-29

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Conditions

Malnutrition

Keywords

follow-up home visit, Geriatric Disorder, rehabilitation

Brief summary

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

Detailed description

Before and after the intervention the participants nutritional status, hand grip strength, functional abilities, well-being, dietary intake, level of tiredness,and activities of daily living will be assessed

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTindividual nutritional therapy

individual nutritional therapy provided by a registered dietician by means of three follow-up home visits

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Geriatric patients in nutritional risk

Exclusion criteria

* Dementia * Expected readmissions * Terminal disease * Non-Danish speaking

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
hospital readmissions	one year

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
body weight	12 weeks

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 27, 2026