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Trial reportWiener klinische Wochenschrift2018

Changes in health parameters in older lay volunteers who delivered a lifestyle-based program to frail older people at home.

Igor Grabovac, Sandra Haider, Eva Winzer, Ali Kapan, Karin E Schindler, Christian Lackinger, Thomas E Dorner

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Trial report in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01991639 (Nutrition Intervention and Physical Training in Malnourished, Frail, Community-dwelling, Elderly Subjects Carried Out by Trained Lay "Buddies"), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT01991639 nacompletednot on this map

Nutrition Intervention and Physical Training in Malnourished, Frail, Community-dwelling, Elderly Subjects Carried Out by Trained Lay "Buddies"

TypeinterventionalSponsorMedical University of ViennaRan2014 to 2015Enrolled80ConditionsFrail Elderly, MalnutritionArmsNutritional and physical activity intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Mediterranean Diet and its Benefits on Health and Mental Health: A Literature Review.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Igor GrabovacDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15/1, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Sandra HaiderDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15/1, 1090, Vienna, Austria. sandra.a.haider@meduniwien.ac.at.
Eva WinzerDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15/1, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Ali KapanDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15/1, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Karin E SchindlerDepartment of Internal Medicine III, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Christian LackingerDepartment for Health Promotion and Prevention, SPORTUNION Austria, Vienna, Austria.
Thomas E DornerDepartment of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Kinderspitalgasse 15/1, 1090, Vienna, Austria.

Funding

Vienna Science and Technology Fund LS12-039
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo measure health effects in lay volunteers who made home visits consisting of social interaction, nutritional and physical exercise interventions to pre-frail and frail older people (trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01991639).

methodsAfter baseline, participants were followed-up at 12 (V1) and 24 (V2) weeks. A one-repetition maximum (1-RPM) and handgrip were measured with the Concept2®DYNO and a dynamometer. The Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly was used to assess physical activity, and Food Frequency Questionnaire and the Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener for nutrition. Additionally, quality of life (QoL) was measured with the World Health Organization (WHO) quality of life brief questionnaire and anthropometric measurements were performed using bioelectrical impedance analysis.

resultsHandgrip values significantly increased from 32.14 ± 7.94 kg to 33.69 ± 6.72 kg at V1 and 34.36 ± 6.96 kg at V2. The 1‑RPM on the leg press showed a significant increase from 72.47 ± 25.37 kg to 78.12 ± 23.77 kg and 80.85 ± 27.99 kg, respectively. We observed a significant decrease of protein intake from 0.38 ± 0.26 g/kgBW/day to 0.32 ± 0.19 g/kgBW/day and 0.26 ± 0.16 g/kgBW/day, respectively. There were no changes in physical activity, QoL and anthropometric measurements.

conclusionThe findings indicate that projects involving aging healthy volunteers may have additional limited health benefits.

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Frail ElderlyQuality of LifeAgedHand StrengthHumansProspective StudiesReproducibility of ResultsVolunteersFrailtyNon-professionalsNutritional behaviorPhysical activityVolunteers

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PMID30094663
PMCPMC6244842

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