Nutritional status of elderly female nursing home residents; the effect of supplementation with a physiological dose of water-soluble vitamins.
Eur J Clin Nutr
; 49(9): 665-74, 1995 Sep.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7498103
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the nutritional status of female elderly nursing home residents and to study the effect of dietary supplementation with a physiological dose of water-soluble vitamins.DESIGN:
Single-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled intervention trial. Daily consumed supplement consisted of fortified fruit juice containing 50 g carbohydrate and 50% of the daily dietary recommendations of water-soluble vitamins. Regular fruit juice was used as placebo. Dietary intake assessment at baseline. Fasting blood sample, anthropometric measurements and medical record at baseline and after 4 and 12 weeks of supplementation.SETTING:
Three nursing homes within 40 km of the coordination centre (Department of Human Nutrition, Wageningen Agricultural University, the Netherlands).SUBJECTS:
Forty-two female nursing home residents aged 60 years and older, in relatively stable health condition, at least 3 months resident at baseline. In each nursing home, 14 subjects were randomly assigned to the supplement or control group.INTERVENTIONS:
Twelve weeks of supplementation.RESULTS:
Participants had a poor nutritional status. Dietary supplementation significantly improved the concentrations of thiamin pyrophosphate and pyridoxal 5'-phosphate, increased body weight and decreased serum homocysteine concentration in the supplement group. Plasma vitamin C levels were significantly increased in both supplement and control group.CONCLUSIONS:
Even in this heterogeneous population of female nursing home elderly it is possible to improve the nutritional status through dietary intervention with a physiological dose of water-soluble vitamins.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Vitamins
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Food, Fortified
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Nutritional Status
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Deficiency Diseases
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Eur J Clin Nutr
Journal subject:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
Year:
1995
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Netherlands