Use of oral supplements in malnourished elderly patients living in the community: a pharmaco-economic study

Clinical Nutrition : Official Journal of the European Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Franck Arnaud-BattandierL Cynober

Abstract

Inadequate nutritional support in elderly patients is likely to be responsible for increased morbidity and increased associated costs. Conversely prescribing oral supplements to ensure sufficient protein and energy intake should be beneficial. Even though this claim makes sense there is a lack of objective data to support the evidence. The objective of the present study was to assess the cost of malnutrition and related comorbidities among elderly patients living in the community and to determine the impact of nutritional support practice on these outcomes. Observational, prospective, longitudinal, cohort study with a 12 months follow-up conducted with 90 general practitioners in France. Two groups of physicians were selected based on historical prescribing practice: group 1 with rare and group 2 with frequent prescription of oral nutrition supplements. The resulting study population was 378 elderly malnourished patients aged over 70, living in the community, either at home or in institutions. Nutritional status at baseline was determined using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) scale. Main outcome measures were nutritional status, malnutrition-related comorbidities and medical care consumption. Populations in the two groups...Continue Reading

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