Effect of Medically Tailored Meals on Clinical Outcomes in Recently Hospitalized High-Risk Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inability to adhere to nutritional recommendations is common and linked to worse outcomes in patients with nutrition-sensitive conditions.

Objectives

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether medically tailored meals (MTMs) improve outcomes in recently discharged adults with nutrition-sensitive conditions compared with usual care.

Research design

Remote pragmatic randomized trial.

Subjects

Adults with heart failure, diabetes, or chronic kidney disease being discharged home between April 27, 2020, and June 9, 2021, from 5 hospitals within an integrated health care delivery system.

Measures

Participants were prerandomized to 10 weeks of MTMs (with or without virtual nutritional counseling) compared with usual care. The primary outcome was

SUBMITTER: Go AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9451942 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature