1st Author, Year of publication | Country | Setting/ n. participants | Type of study | Aim of the study |
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Bonaccorsi, 2015 [35] | Italy | 67 NHs; 2395 participants | Cross-sectional survey | To describe the quality indicators of nutritional care in older residents in a sample of NHs in Tuscany, Italy, and to evaluate the predictors of protein-energy malnutrition risk. |
Dyck, 2007 [39] | USA | 2948 NHs for malnutrition; 364,339 residents | Cross-sectional analysis of two data sets | To examine the relationships between nursing staffing and the nursing home resident outcome on weight loss and dehydratation . |
Halfens, 2013 [30] | The Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland | 211 hospitals (20,232 patients); 165 NHs (6969 residents) | Cross-sectional multicentre study. | To measure care problems (including malnutrition) in terms of prevalence rates, prevention, treatment, and quality indicators in healthcare organizations in the Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland. |
Hjaltadottir, 2012 [27] | Iceland | Panel for Delphi method: 12 experts; 47 NHs (2247 participants) | Two rounds Delphi study and observational study | To determine upper and lower thresholds of Minimum Data Set quality indicators for Icelandic NHs. |
Hurtado, 2016 [40] | USA | 30 NHs | Prospective ecological study | To examine whether quality of care in NHs was predicted by schedule control (workers’ ability to decide work hours), independent of other staffing characteristics. |
Lee, 2014 [41] | USA | 195 NHs | Cross-sectional analysis of five data sets | To examine the association of registered nurse staffing hours and five quality indicators, including process and outcome measures. |
Meijers, 2009 [59] | The Netherlands | 50 hospitals, 90 NHs, 16 care homes, and 20,255 participants | Cross-sectional multicentre study | To investigate screening, treatment, and other quality indicators of nutritional care in Dutch healthcare organizations. |
Meijers, 2014 [36] | The Netherlands | 74 Care homes (41 participated four times,33 five times); 26,046 participants (2007–2011) | Cross-sectional study | To analyse the trend of malnutrition prevalence rates between 2007 and 2011 in Dutch care homes and the effect of process and structural indicators on malnutrition prevalence rates. |
Moore, 2014 [31] | Australia | Four Residential Aged Care (RAC) | Cross-sectional study | To explore relationships among the Victorian Public Sector RAC Services quality indicators and other demographic and health-related issues. |
Rantz, 2009 [29] | USA | 492 NHs | Before-after observational study | To present and discuss the evaluation of the Quality Improvement Program of Missouri in 2006, using some outcome indicators. |
Schönherr, 2012 [32] | Austria | 18 NHs (1487 participants); 18 hospitals (2326 participants) | Multicentre cross-sectional study | To describe and compare structural and process indicators of nutritional care in Austrian hospitals and NHs. |
Shin, 2015 [42] | Korea | 150 NHs | Cross-sectional study | To investigate the relationship between nurse staffing and quality of care in NHs in Korea. |
Simmons, 2006 [28] | USA | 1 NHs (48 beds) | Before-after observational study | To train long-term care staff in conducting continuous quality improvement (CQI) related to nutritional care. |
Simmons, 2007 [44] | USA | 7 NHs | Cross-sectional study | To assess the impact of Paid Feeding Assistant (PFA) programmes on feeding assistance care process quality. |
Van Nie, 2014 [37] | The Netherlands, Germany and Austria | 214 NHs 19,876 residents | Multicentre cross-sectional study | To identify structural quality indicators of nutritional care that influence the outcome of quality of care in terms of prevalence of malnutrition and effect of possible differences between malnutrition prevalence in Dutch, German, and Austrian NHs. |
van Nie-Visser, 2011 [33] | The Netherlands and Germany | 151 NHs, 10,771 participants | Multicentre cross-sectional study | To investigate possible differences in malnutrition prevalence rates in Dutch and German NHs, as well as in structural and process indicators for nutritional care |
van Nie-Visser, 2014 [34] | The Netherlands, Germany and Austria | 214 NHs; 19,876 residents | Multicentre cross-sectional study | To investigate possible differences in malnutrition prevalence rates in Austrian, Dutch, and German NHs, as well as in structural and process indicators for nutritional care; to investigate whether resident characteristics influence possible differences in malnutrition prevalence between countries. |
van Nie-Visser, 2015 [38] | The Netherlands, Germany and Austria | 214 NH; 22,886 participants, | Multicentre cross-sectional study | To explore whether structural quality indicators for nutritional care influence malnutrition prevalence in Dutch, German, and Austrian NHs |
Werner, 2013 [43] | USA | 16,623 NHs | Cross- sectional study using 2 data sets | To test how changes in NH processes improve outcomes of care. |