The feasibility of an education video for preventing disease-related malnutrition among home-living older adults after discharge from a surgical hospital department - a randomised controlled feasibility trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults can have limited knowledge about their specific needs for protein and energy and the importance of nutrition for physical functioning after hospital discharge. This study aimed to examine the feasibility of recruitment, technology access, and data collection procedures in an educational video aimed at improving the nutritional status of live-at-home older adults after discharge from a surgical hospital department.

Methods

This seven-month single-centre, two-arm feasibility trial was conducted in a rural area in northern Norway from May 2022 to January 2023. The participants were live-at-home older adults 65 years of age or older, who were recruited from three surgical departments in a non-university hospital. The participants were randomised using a f

SUBMITTER: Hansen MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12797750 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature