Reinders I, Visser M, et al, 2022

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The cost effectiveness of personalized dietary advice to increase protein intake in older adults with lower habitual protein intake: a randomized controlled trial.

Reinders I, Visser M, Jyväkorpi S, Niskanen R, Bosmans J, Jornada Ben Â, Brouwer I, Kuijper L, Olthof M, Pitkälä K, Vijlbrief R, Suominen M, Wijnhoven H

European Journal of Nutrition

2022

61

1

505-520

Randomized Controlled Trial

Some concerns

Community dwelling; age 18.5 kg/m2 and <32.0 kg/m2 (based on measured weight and height); ability to walk 400 m within 15 min, without the use of a walker and no rest longer than 60 s.

Inability or unwillingness to provide informed consent; not able to eat independently (self-reported); not able to speak, write and read the local language (Finnish or Dutch); current participation in supervised behavioural or lifestyle intervention that intervenes with the PROMISS trial; not able to visit the research site in the next 6 months; bedridden, wheelchair users or always being inside; diagnosis of severe kidney disease (self-reported); Parkinson’s disease (self-reported); diagnosis of type I diabetes mellitus (self-reported); diagnosis of type II diabetes mellitus and requiring use of insulin started within 6 months (self-reported); current treatment of cancer (with the exception of basal cell carcinoma); vegan diet; severe allergies to certain food product (peanut, gluten); diagnosis of an eating disorder (self-reported); purposefully lost/gained >3 kg in the past 3months; heart problems in the past 3 months

To examine the cost efectiveness of dietary advice to increase protein intake on 6-month change in physical functioning among older adults.

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Finland, The Netherlands

Government

EU Horizon 2020 PROMISS Project ‘Prevention of Malnutrition. In Senior Subjects in the EU’