•Two nationally representative samples:
- free-living
- institutionalised
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•Individuals were identified by their postal
addresses
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•Men equalled women except those aged 85+
(more women)
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•In each co-operating institution three
residents were selected
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•Initial assessment by interview
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•Consent or proxy-consent obtained for
participation and permission
to flag the NHS Central Register of Births and Deaths to give future notice of death or
cancer development
•
•Payment of £10 on completion of dietary
record
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•Survey completed between October 1994 to
September 1995
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•Acutely ill elderly are unlikely to have
participated in NDNS 65+;
prevalence of poor nutrition is thus likely to be at least as great in ill patients in the care of medical
staff