Variation in Body Composition on the Fate of Older Subjects During SSR Hospitalization (VALCOR)

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Body Weight Changes

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04464278

IDRCB 2019-A03287-50 (Other Identifier)

APHP200265

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to correlate weight variation as well as body composition with mortality and unscheduled readmission of geriatric population

Full description

Weight loss in obese adults confers health benefits, while weight loss in the elderly is associated with an increased risk of mortality.

There are a large number of studies associating weight loss and mortality but the relationships between changes in body composition (ratio between fat mass and lean mass) and mortality are often contradictory and poorly understood in elderly subject. The aim at this study is to request at this question.

Enrollment: 360 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 70+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient ≥70 years old
• Hospitalized in SSR for less than 7 days
• No patient opposition

Exclusion criteria

• patient with a pacemaker
• lake of nutritional assessment on admission
• lake of assessment of autonomy at admission
• Patient under guardianship or curatorship
• Patient participating in another clinical research
• Patient for whom a short stay (<21 days) is planned in SSR

Trial design

360 participants in 2 patient groups

Case group: weight loss ≥ 5%

Control group: weight loss ≤ 5%