Nutrition and Frailty in Older Persons

University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School

Status

Completed

Conditions

Frailty

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Industry

Identifiers

NCT01433211

IBA-2011(1)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between nutrition and frailty in older community-living persons.

Full description

Nutrition is regarded as an important etiologic factor in the development of frailty in older adults. To date the relation between nutrition and frailty is only poorly described.

Thus, it is the purpose of this study to investigate the association between different nutrition characteristics and frailty in older community-living persons.

206 volunteers aged 75 years or older were included in this cross-sectional study. Nutritional assessment included the Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA), a food-frequency questionnaire and a standardised three-day dietary record. Intake of energy and nutrients was calculated using the German nutrient database BLS II.2. Dietary patterns were described by different dietary scores. Frailty was defined according to Fried et al. based on the following criteria: weight loss, exhaustion, grip strength, walking speed and physical activity. In addition several standardised tests were performed to characterise physical performance (Timed Up & Go, repeated chair stands, balance tests).

The association between nutritional aspects and physical performance is evaluated in an explorative manner.

Enrollment

206 patients

Sex

All

Ages

75+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria