Publications by authors named "Birthe Stenbaek Hansen"
As a consequence of the loss of physical function more than half of the geriatric patients are discharged with a physical rehabilitation plan. Only a few patients are, however, discharged with a nutritional rehabilitation plan. Data suggest that about 60% of the geriatric patients who are discharged with a physical rehabilitation plan never start the rehabilitation, often due to readmissions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess the effect of multidisciplinary nutritional support for undernutrition in older adults in nursing home and home-care identified with the validated Eating Validation Scheme (EVS).
Methods: An 11 wk cluster randomized trial with a home-care (3 clusters) or nursing home (3 clusters) setting as the unit of randomization. Before starting the study, a train-the-trainer course was performed to educate the nutrition coordinators.
Study protocol: cost-effectiveness of multidisciplinary nutritional support for undernutrition in older adults in nursing home and home-care: cluster randomized controlled trial.
Nutr J
August 2014
Background: Older adults in nursing home and home-care are a particularly high-risk population for weight loss or poor nutrition. One negative consequence of undernutrition is increased health care costs. Several potentially modifiable nutritional risk factors increase the likelihood of weight loss or poor nutrition.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess the additional benefits of individualized nutritional counselling by a registered dietitian in geriatric patients' home after discharge from hospital, in relation to risk of re-admissions, functional status, nutritional status, use of social services and mortality.
Design: Twelve-week single-blind randomized controlled study.
Setting And Subjects: Geriatric medical patients (65+ years) at nutritional risk.