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

Table 3 Measurements at several timepoints in malnourished frail elderly persons (F) and buddies (B)

	Selection	AP1 (baseline)		AP2 (after 12 weeks)		AP3 (after 6 months)		AP4* (after 12 months)
	F	F	B	F	B	F	B	F	B
Long-term medication	X
Comorbidities	X
WHOQOL		X	X	X	X	X	X
WHOQOL-OLD		X		X		X
F-SozU		X	X	X	X	X	X
Frequency of hospitalization		X		X		X
Frequency of falls		X		X		X
FES-I		X		X		X
MNA-SF	X
MNA-LF		X		X		X		X
SHARE-FI	X			X		X		X
MMSE	X			X		X		X
BIA		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Anthropometry		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
MEDIAS		X	X	X	X	X	X
Food frequency questionnaire (Proteins)		X	X	X	X	X	X
Supplements		X	X	X	X	X	X
Protocol & picture of the refrigerator content		X		X		X
MASS		X	X	X	X	X	X
Concept 2 Dyno			X		X		X
Pedometer			X	X	X	X	X
Modified PASE		X	X	X	X	X	X
Modified FEG			X		X		X
SPPB		X		X		X
Laboratory parameters		X	X	X	X	X	X
Personal information		X	X
Drop-out				X	X	X	X	X	X
Adherence				X	X	X	X	X	X
Expectations/appraisal of the intervention		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

WHOQOL = World Health Organization Quality of Life; F-SozU = Fragebogen zur sozialen Unterstützung; FES-I = Falls Efficacy Scale International; MNA-SF = Mini nutritional assessment Short-Form; MNA-LF = Mini nutritional assessment Long-Form; SHARE-FI = Frailty Instrument for Primary Care of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination; BIA = Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis; MEDIAS = Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener; MASS = Measurement of age and sex related reference values of muscle strength; PASE = Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly; FEG = Fragebogen zur Erfassung des Gesundheitsverhaltens; SPPB = Short Physical Performance Battery.
*AP4 is voluntary.

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