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A multicentre randomised controlled trial of day hospital-based falls prevention programme for a screened population of community-dwelling older people at high risk of falls (2010)
Journal Article
Conroy, S., Kendrick, D., Harwood, R., Gladman, J., Coupland, C., Sach, T., Drummond, A., Youde, J., Edmans, J., & Masud, T. (2010). A multicentre randomised controlled trial of day hospital-based falls prevention programme for a screened population of community-dwelling older people at high risk of falls. Age and Ageing, 39(6), 704–710. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afq096

Objective:

To determine the clinical effectiveness of a day hospital-delivered multifactorial falls prevention programme, for community-dwelling older people at high risk of future falls identified through a screening process.

Design:

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Does looped nasogastric tube feeding improve nutritional delivery for patients with dysphagia after acute stroke? A randomised controlled trial (2010)
Journal Article
Beavan, J., Paul Conroy, S., Harwood, R., Gladman, J. R., Leonardi-Bee, J., Sach, T., Bowling, T., Sunman, W., & Gaynor, C. (2010). Does looped nasogastric tube feeding improve nutritional delivery for patients with dysphagia after acute stroke? A randomised controlled trial. Age and Ageing, 39(5), 624-630. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afq088

Background: nasogastric tube (NGT) feeding is commonly used after stroke, but its effectiveness is limited by frequent dislodgement.

Objective: the objective of the study was to evaluate looped NGT feeding in acute stroke patients with dysphagia.... Read More about Does looped nasogastric tube feeding improve nutritional delivery for patients with dysphagia after acute stroke? A randomised controlled trial.

Is looped nasogastric tube feeding more effective than conventional nasogastric tube feeding for dysphagia in acute stroke? (2007)
Journal Article
Beavan, J. R., Conroy, S., Leonardi-Bee, J., Bowling, T., Gaynor, C., Gladman, J., Good, D., Gorman, P., Harwood, R., Riley, J., Sach, T., & Sunman, W. (2007). Is looped nasogastric tube feeding more effective than conventional nasogastric tube feeding for dysphagia in acute stroke?. Trials, 8(19), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-8-19

Background

Dysphagia occurs in up to 50% of patients admitted to hospital with acute strokes with up to 27% remaining by seven days. Up to 8% continue to have swallowing problems six months after their stroke with 1.7% still requiring enteral feed... Read More about Is looped nasogastric tube feeding more effective than conventional nasogastric tube feeding for dysphagia in acute stroke?.

Health status and assessed need for a cohort of older people admitted to nursing and residential homes. (2003)
Journal Article
Rothera, I., Jones, R., Harwood, R., Avery, A., & Waite, J. (2003). Health status and assessed need for a cohort of older people admitted to nursing and residential homes. Age and Ageing, 32(3), 303–309. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/32.3.303

Objective: 

To investigate dependency and health status of a cohort of older people admitted for long term nursing or residential care and to compare these findings with assessments conducted by social services departments prior to placement.

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