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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria of frail malnourished persons

From: Nutritional intervention and physical training in malnourished frail community-dwelling elderly persons carried out by trained lay “buddies”: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

▪65 years or older

▪Planned admission to nursing home

▪Resident in Vienna

▪Chemo or radiotherapy at the moment or planned

▪Malnutrition or at risk of malnutrition according to the MNA-SF (≤ 11 points) OR

▪Nursing level 6a or 7b

Frail or pre-frail according to the SHARE-FI (female: >0.315; male: >1.212 points)

▪Community-dwelling

▪Insulin treated diabetes mellitus according to the medical charts

▪No medical contraindication for the performance of strength training (“No” to the question ‘Has your doctor recently told you that you should not exercise?”)

▪COPD stage III or IV

▪Able to walk (with or without a walking aid)

▪Dialysis patient or chronic kidney insufficiency with protein restriction

▪Capability to consent

▪Cannot understand the German language

 

▪Impaired cognitive function according to the MMSE (≤ 17 points)

  1. amore than 180 hours of care is necessary; care cannot be planned or is permanently required.
  2. bmore than 180 hours of care is necessary; person cannot move without help.