| Methods |
Method of randomisation: pharmacy maintained, computer generated, opaque envelopes concealment: A
Assessor blinding: yes
Intention to treat: yes
Lost to follow‐up: intervention 2 withdrawn; control 1 withdrawn
Timing of the intervention: from day 7 post surgery. From discharge to 6 weeks
Length of follow‐up: 12 weeks |
| Participants |
Location: Elderly people post lower limb fracture
100 patients
Inclusion criteria: Nutritionally at risk (MAC 25th percentile or less)
Exclusion criteria: did not reside within southern Adelaide, unable to comprehend instructions relating to positioning of upper arm for eligibility assessment, unable to fully weight bear on the side of injury for more than 7 days post admission, not independently mobile post fracture, medically unstable more than 7 days post admission, suffering from cancer, chronic renal failure, unstable angina or unstable diabetes
Sex: 38/41 female
Age:83y/84y |
| Interventions |
a: 1.5 kcal/ml sip feed for 6 weeks, individually prescribed, home visits 3 x week from discharge to 6 weeks
b: home visits 3 x week from discharge to 6 weeks
Allocated: 49/51
Assessed: 45/48 |
| Outcomes |
Main outcomes: mortality. mobility and muscle power
Additional outcomes: compliance to supplements
Measures of nutritional status‐ % weight change |
| Notes |
Allocated to nutrition alone or nutrition plus resistance training exercise, resistance training exercise alone, or neither |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment? |
Low risk |
A ‐ Adequate |
