Food Intake of Hospitalized Elderly and Its Influence on Muscular and Clinical Outcomes

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Undernutrition; Atrophy, Muscular

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06940284

66834923300000068

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objectives of the present study are: 1) to characterize the energy-protein intake of the elderly during hospitalization; 2) to verify the influence of energy-protein intake during hospitalization on muscular (i.e., cross-sectional area of the rectus femoris and vastus lateralis muscles, muscle strength, functionality and level of independence) and clinical (i.e., length of hospital stay, hospital readmission and mortality) at the time of hospital discharge, 2 and 6 months after hospital discharge and; 3) to verify whether energy-protein intake during hospitalization is a significant predictor of loss of function and muscle mass, length of hospital stay, hospital readmission rate and mortality.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• both sex;
• 65 years and older;
• hospital stay less than 48 hours;

Exclusion criteria

• cancer in the last 5 years;
• delirium;
• cognitive deficit that impossibility the patient to read and sign the informed consent form;
• neurological disease;
• neurodegenerative muscular disease;
• patients receive nutrition via enteral and parenteral routes.

Trial design

60 participants in 1 patient group

Older individuals hospitalized

Description:

Older adults admitted to the hospital within the past 48 hours, without signs of delirium, and able to receive oral nutrition and complete muscle function assessments.