MiOA: Intervention: Long-Term Care: Oral Nutrition Supplements (2023)
Author and Year:
Elia M, Parsons E, et al. 2018
PubMed ID:
Article Title:
Cost-effectiveness of oral nutritional supplements in older malnourished care home residents.
Authors:
Elia M, Parsons E, Cawood A, Smith T, Stratton R
Journal:
Clinical Nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Year of publication:
2018
Volume:
37
Issue:
2
Page numbers:
651-658
Study Design:
Randomized Controlled Trial
Risk of Bias Assessment Rating:
Low risk
Inclusion Criteria:
50 years or older; at risk of malnutrition according to the ‘Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool’ (‘MUST’); able to provide informed consent; able to eat and drink safely without modified textured diets.
Exclusion Criteria:
Receiving enteral tube feeding (ETF), parenteral nutrition, or ONS; had received ONS four weeks prior to the study; had chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis, liver failure, malignancy, palliative care for terminal disease; participation in other studies.
Research Purpose:
To undertake a cost-utility analysis and specifically examine whether the use of ONS in care home residents with a wide variety of diseases and clinical conditions is cost effective relative to dietary advice.
Blinding efforts:
At the point of randomization, both the residents and the researchers were blinded to the
designated intervention.
Study Location:
Hampshire, England, UK
Source(s) of Funding:
Industry
Please specify names of funders:
An unrestricted educational grant from Nutricia
Trial:NCT00515125 (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/
NCT00515125?term¼nutritionþsupport&rank¼60)