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ArticleBMC health services research2018

The low indexes of metabolism intervention trial (LIMIT): design and baseline data of a randomized controlled clinical trial to evaluate how alerting primary care teams to low metabolic values, could affect the health of patients aged 75 or older.

Nir Tsabar, Yan Press, Johanna Rotman, Bracha Klein, Yonatan Grossman, Maya Vainshtein-Tal, Sophia Eilat-Tsanani

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Article in BMC health services research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02476578 (Sending Advisory Electronic Mail to Primary Care Staff, Addressing Low Metabolic Measures), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Sending Advisory Electronic Mail to Primary Care Staff, Addressing Low Metabolic Measures: Assessing the Health Outcomes for Patients Above Age 75

TypeinterventionalSponsorClalit Health ServicesRan2015 to 2016Enrolled8,584ConditionsWeight Loss, Thinness, MalnutritionArmsEmail
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Authors and funding

7 authors.

Nir TsabarAzrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed; Unit for Ambulatory Geriatric Services, CHS Northern District, Israel. tsabar.nir@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-6510-3831
Yan PressUnit for Ambulatory Geriatric Services, CHS Southern District and Unit for Community Geriatrics, Division of Health in the Community, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Shlomo-Hamelech 17, 8454931, Beer Sheva, Israel.
Johanna RotmanEducational Programs, CHS Northern District, Shadmot Dvora, Israel.
Bracha KleinUnit for Ambulatory Geriatric Services, CHS Northern District, Migdal Haemek, Israel.
Yonatan GrossmanAzrieli Faculty of Medicine in Galilee, Bar-Ilan University, Safed; Unit for Home Care, CHS Northern District, Israel.
Maya Vainshtein-TalUnit for Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, CHS Northern District, Afula, Israel.
Sophia Eilat-TsananiThe Department of Family Medicine, Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed; The Department of Family Medicine, Clalit Health Services, North district, Israel.

Funding

Bar-Ilan University Dangoor Personalized Medicine Fund
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundToo-low body mass index (BMI), HbA1c% or cholesterol levels predicts poor survival. This study investigates whether e-mails about these low values, improve health of people older than 75 years.

methodsLIMIT - an open label randomized trial - compares usual care to the addition of an e-mail which alerts the family physicians and nurses to low metabolic indexes of a specific patient and advises on nutritional and medical changes.

participantsClalit Health Services (CHS) patients in the Northern and Southern Districts, aged ≥75 years with any of the following inclusion criteria: a. Significant weight loss: BMI < 23 kg/m DISCUSSION: Low metabolic reserve is common in people in Israel's peripheral districts aged ≥75 years. LIMIT may show whether alerting primary care staff is beneficial.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02476578 . Registered on June 11, 2015.

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Electronic MailMedical Informatics ApplicationsAgedAged, 80 and overDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansIschemic Attack, TransientIsraelMalePrimary Health CareProgram EvaluationStrokeWeight LossGlycated Hemoglobinhemoglobin A1c protein, humanAgedAged, 80 and overCholesterol Deficiency (hypocholesterolemia)Diabetes mellitusDieteticsElectronic mailGlycated Hemoglobin AIatrogenic diseaseRandomized controlled trialWeight loss

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PMCPMC5755463

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