The Effect of 12 Weeks of Nutritional Supplementation on Nutritional Intake and Status in Older Outpatients With Malnutrition Risk

Study Design: Randomized Controlled Trial, Randomized and controlled intervention trial with 2 treatments in parallel

Treatment 1: nutrient-dense drinks on top of standard care

Treatment 2: standard care only (reference)

Location and time study: Geriatric outpatient clinic and internal medicine outpatient clinic in Cipto Mangunkusumo National Hospital Jakarta. The study will be conducted on July 2022 to October 2023.

Study subject: elderly outpatients (aged 60 years old or more) who visit outpatient clinics will be screened for their eligibility as participants of this study.

Sample Size: sample size for each group is 41 participants per group (for two groups a total of 82 participants). To anticipate a dropout of 20% a minimum of 98 participants (rounded to 100 participants in total) is the minimum sample size of our study.

Data collection : Energy and nutrient intake, particularly protein calcium, vitamin D, and vitamin B12, Nutritional status based on full form Mini Nutritional Assessment, Vitamin D level, lean body mass (using Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis), physical performance will be measured by Shor Physical Performance Battery, handgrip strength, medical history, data on the demographic status and clinical data will be retrieved from the medical record and the attending physicians, body weight and anthropometric measurements, intervention: Nutrient Dense-Drink + Standard Care