SynthesisNutrients2021
Interventions to Improve Hydration in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Potentially Low-Value Medical Interventions in Frail Older Adults Near the End of Life: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Association between total body water and the risk of gastrointestinal symptoms: evidence from NHANES and Mendelian randomization analyses.BMC gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Exploring Staff Perspectives on the Feasibility of Integrating the Environmental Components of a Novel Intervention for Hydration in Long-Term Care.International journal of older people nursing · 2026Article
- Hydration and Dehydration Prevention in Nursing Homes: Perspectives, Barriers, and Practices of Care Teams and Managers.Nutrients · 2026Article
- An Overview of the Importance of Muscle Health in Oncology: Assessment, Preservation, and Nutritional Recovery Strategies.Current nutrition reports · 2025Review
- Challenges and facilitators of implementing a participatory nutrition project in residential aged care.Journal of research in nursing : JRN · 2025Article
- Hydration Strategies in Older Adults.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Improving hydration among hospitalised older adults in an acute geriatric ward with a bundled multi-component intervention.BMJ open quality · 2025Article
- Trends in Dehydration in Older People: Identifying Landmark Scientific Contributions.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Evaluation of the Staff Educational Components of the PROMOTE Program to Improve Resident Hydration.Nutrients · 2024Article
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- Digitizing fluid balance monitoring may offer a solution for optimizing patient care.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2024Article
- New horizons in the diagnosis and management of dehydration.Age and ageing · 2023Article
- Sequential relationships of food intake in nursing home residents with dementia: Behavioural analyses of videotaped mealtime observations.Journal of clinical nursing · 2023Observational
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- Relationship between the Prevalence of Metabolic Disease and Impaired Mobility, Diet, Physical Activity, and Socio-Demographic Characteristics in the Polish Elderly-A Cross-Sectional Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Prevalence and Indications of Intravenous Rehydration Therapy in Hospital Settings: A Systematic Review.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Dehydration is common in the elderly, especially when hospitalised. This study investigated the impact of interventions to improve hydration in acutely unwell or institutionalised older adults for hydration and hydration linked events (constipation, falls, urinary tract infections) as well as patient satisfaction. Four databases were searched from inception to 13 May 2020 for studies of interventions to improve hydration. Nineteen studies (978 participants) were included and two studies (165 participants) were meta-analysed. Behavioural interventions were associated with a significant improvement in hydration. Environmental, multifaceted and nutritional interventions had mixed success. Meta-analysis indicated that groups receiving interventions to improve hydration consumed 300.93 mL more fluid per day than those in the usual care groups (95% CI: 289.27 mL, 312.59 mL; I
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