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ON-GOING PROJECTS

• TASK FORCE ON NUTRITION IN THE ELDERLY OF THE IAGG EUROPEAN REGION
  Date: 2008-
  Staff: Marco Inzitari, Antoni Salvà
  Funding: IAGG-ER
  Summary: Our Institute is coordinating this task force on nutrition in the elderly on behalf on the IAGG-ER. The aim is to assess the state of the art, to detect possible gaps in knowledge and to draw future research directions on four related themes: epidemiology of nutrition in the elderly, the relationship between nutrition and the frailty (or pre-disability) status, the screening and assessment of poor nutrition, and the interventions to prevent and treat poor nutrition in older adults, either community-dwellers or more care dependant.
  
  
• NUTRIALZ STUDY DATABASE ANALYSIS
  Date: 2008-2009
  Staff: Marta Roqué, Marco Inzitari, Antoni Salvà
  Funding: Nestlé
  Summary: Statitical analysis study of the data of the Nutrialz study. Results will be soon published.
  

FINALISED PROJECTS

• VALIDATION OF A NUTRITIONAL RISK ACTUATION PROTOCOL IN NURSING HOMES
  Date: 2005-2007
  Coordinators: Antoni Salvà, Xavier Rojano
  Funding: Own
  Partners: Consorci Socio-Sanitari de l'Hospitalet de Llobregat
  Resumen:In order to validate the process of nutritional assessment during admission to nursing homes. A complementary study is being carried away in Costa Rica, coordinated by Dr Eugenie Arguedas.
  
  
• NUTRIACTIV PROGRAM
  Date: 2005-2007
  Coordinators: Antoni Salvà, Elena Fernàndez.
  Funding: Nestlé
  Summary: Prevention of weight loss program in the elderly suffering from Alzheimer disease or other dementia.
  
  
• NUTRIALZ STUDY
  Date: 2005-2007
  Coordinators: Antoni Salvà, Elena Fernàndez.
  Funding: Nestlé
  Summary: Validation study of the efectiveness of the Nutriactiv program.
• NUTRITION IN NURSING HOMES. ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION
  Date: 2004-2005
  Staff : Antoni Salvà, Bruno Vellas, Sandrine Andrieu
  Funding: IAG, Vegenat
  Summary: Development of an assessment and nutritional intervention protocol in nursing homes.
  Publications: Salvà A, Andrieu S, Domingo A, Vellas B. Atención nutricional en las personas mayores en los centros de cuidados de larga duración, Revista española de geriatría y gerontología 2005, 40; ext. 2: 30-40
• PREVALENCE OF PROTEIN-ENERGY UNDERNUTRITION AND MAIN FEATURES OF MALNUTRITION OF THE ELDERLY BEING TREATED IN MUTUAM AND FUNDACIÓ CONVIURE CENTERS
  Date: 2005-
  Coordinator (Mutuam): Jaume Junyent
  FICE Staff: Antoni Salvà, Ramona Lucas, Jaume March
  Funding: Fundació Conviure
  Summary: Multicentric study, including all of the Mutuam and Fundació Conviure centers. The Institute gives methodological support.
  
  
• DEVELOPMENT OF A MINIMUM DATA SET FOR NUTRITIONAL STUDIES IN THE ELDERLY
  Date: 2003-2004
  Coordinating team: Antoni Salvà, Bruno Vellas, Sandrine Andrieu
  Funding: IAG, Vegenat
  Summary: Development of a minimum data set to make nutritional studies of the elderly, within the IAG/IANA workgroup on nutrition and aging.
  Publications:
  • Salva A, Corman B, Andrieu S, Salas J, Vellas B; International Association Of Gerontology/International Academy Of Nutrition And Aging Task Force. Minimum data set for nutritional intervention studies in elderly people, The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences 2004 Jul;59(7):724-9
  • Salva A, Corman B, Andrieu S, Salas J, Vellas B. Minimum data set for nutritional intervention studies in the elderly IAG/ IANA task force consensus,The Journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2004;8(4):202-6
    
    
• CLINUTREN FIBRE
  Date: 2003-2004
  Staff : Ramona Lucas
  Funding: Nestlé
  Summary: Study of nutrition in nursing homes, analysing the response of residents to a new nutritional product.