24. Effects of supplementation of meals on nutritional status.
| Outcome | (N) | Results | P Value | ||
| Intervention | Control | ||||
| Supplementation with food (residential care homes) | |||||
| Beck 2002 | Change in weight (median 95% CI) | 16 | 1.3 (‐1 to 3) | 1.5 (‐2.3 to 9) | NS |
| Simmonds 2008 | Mean change (SD) weight (kg) Mean (SD) change in BMI |
64 | The intervention group gained 4 lbs more The intervention group gained 0.72 kg/m2 than the usual care |
NR NR |
0.009 0.009 |
| Simmonds 2010 | Mean change (SD) weight (kg) | 43 | 0.02 (1.1) | 0.21 (1.7) | NS |
| Supplementation with ONS (in hospital) | |||||
| Faxen‐Irving 2011 | Mean change (SD) weight (kg) Mean (SD) BMI at follow‐up (kg/m2) |
38 38 |
0.13 (2.2) 20.4 (3.7) |
‐0.95 (2.3) 20.4 (3.7) 21.9 (3.8) |
NR 0.17 |
| Potter 2001 | Mean change in weight (kg) Mean change (SD) MAC (cm) |
381 381 |
0.4 (2.6) ‐0.1 (1.3) |
‐0.5 (2.9) ‐0.4 (1.2) |
0.003 NS |
| Supplementation with ONS (long‐term care settings) | |||||
| Hankey 1993 | Mean change (SD) weight (kg) Mean change (SD) MAC |
21 21 |
2.83 (10) ‐1 (10) |
‐0.53 (10) 0.6 (10) |
NR ‐ data from Milne 2009 NR data from Milne 2009 |
| Simmons 2010 | Mean change in weight (kg) | 42 | 0.91 (2.3) | 0.24 (1.96) | NS |
BMI: body mass index; CI: confidence interval; MAC: mid‐arm circumference; NR: not reported; NS: not significant; ONS: oral nutritional supplement; SD: standard deviation