The effects of testosterone and a nutritional supplement on hospital admissions in under-nourished, older people.

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/627178

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Weight loss and undernutrition in older people are assocated with poor outcomes including increased rates of hospital admissions and death. In a pilot study of 49 undernourished older, community dwelling people we found that daily treatment for one year with a combination of testosterone tablets and a nutritional supplement produced a significant reduction in hospitalisations. We propose a larger, multicentre study to explore and hopefully confirm this exciting, potentiallly important finding.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,054,231.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geriatrics and Gerontology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

ageing | endocrinology | hospital admissions | nutrition | sarcopenia | testosterone | undernutrition

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