14. Effects of changes to the organisation of nutritional care on hospitalisation, institutionalisation and death from any cause.
| Outcome | (N) | Results | P Value | ||
| Intervention | Control | ||||
| Mortality | |||||
| Dietetic assistants (Hospital) | |||||
| Duncan 2006 | 4‐month mortality | (total N = 302) | 19/145 (13%) | 36/157 (23%) | 0.036 |
| Hickson 2004 | In‐hospital mortality | (total N = 592) | 31/292 (11%) | 35/300 (12%) | 0.69 |
| Specialist training (free‐living individuals) | |||||
| Salva 2011 | 12‐month mortality | 946 | 43/448 (10%) | 29/498 (6%) | NR |
| Multi‐disciplinary team (hospital) | |||||
| Olofsson 2007 | 4‐month mortality | 199 | 9/102 (9%) | 13/97 (13%) | NR |
| Protocol‐driven pathway (hospital) | |||||
| Holyday 2012 | Not reported | 143 | 1/72 (1%) | 4/71 (6%) | 0.21 |
| Length of stay in hospital | |||||
| Dietetic assistants (hospital) | |||||
| Duncan 2006 | Median (IQR) (days) | 167 | 34 (48) | 32 (49) | 0.81 |
| Hickson 2004 | Median (IQR) (days) | 592 | 21(13‐36) | 23(14‐39) | 0.41 |
| Multi‐disciplinary team (hospital) | |||||
| Johansen 2004 | Mean (SD) LOS to 28 days |
197 | 11.6 (8) | 11.5( 8) | NS |
| Olofsson 2007 | Mean (SD) (days) | 157 | 27.4 (15.9) | 39.8 (41.9) | < 0.05 |
| Protocol‐driven pathway (hospital) | |||||
| Holyday 2012 | Mean (SD) (days) | 143 | 13.7 (11.8) | 13.5 (11) | 0.85 |
| Hospital readmissions | |||||
| Protocol‐driven pathway (hospital) | |||||
| Holyday 2012 | Number of readmissions at 6 months | 30/71 | 37/72 | NR | |
IQR: interquartile range; LOS: length of stay; SD: standard deviation