A study on dietary diversification intervention for elderly patients with chronic heart failure who can eat by mouth (opens in new tab)

IntroductionConventional CHF nutrition counseling is often one-size-fits-all. We developed and tested a DDS-guided, tiered dietary diversification program for elderly CHF patients able to eat orally.MethodA quasi-experimental study with a non-randomized, non-concurrent control design was used. Eighty-eight elderly oral-feeding CHF patients were selected from the Cardiovascular Department of a tertiary general hospital in Zunyi City (July–October 2022): the control group (July–August, n = 44) ...