TY - JOUR AU - Stow, Ruth AU - Ives, Natalie AU - Smith, Christina AU - Rick, Caroline AU - Rushton, Alison PY - 2015 DA - 2015/09/28 TI - A cluster randomised feasibility trial evaluating nutritional interventions in the treatment of malnutrition in care home adult residents JO - Trials SP - 433 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Protein energy malnutrition (PEM) predisposes individuals to disease, delays recovery from illness and reduces quality of life. Care home residents in the United Kingdom are especially vulnerable, with an estimated 30 to 42 % at risk. Evidence for nutritional interventions to address PEM in the care home setting is lacking. Widely used techniques include food-based intervention and/or the use of prescribed oral nutritional supplements. To define outcomes and optimise the design for an adequately powered definitive trial to compare the efficacy of established nutritional interventions in this setting, a cluster randomised feasibility trial with a 6-month intervention was undertaken. SN - 1745-6215 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-015-0952-2 DO - 10.1186/s13063-015-0952-2 ID - Stow2015 ER -