Older patients (65 years and over) with pneumonia
Conditions
Interventions
?Multidisciplinary comprehensive evaluation and intervention
?Recording on the time-series evaluation sheet: index comprised 13 items. each item is rated from 1 (worst) to 5 (best) points.
?Once a w
Sponsors
Non-profit organization Kuchi-kara Taberu Shiawase-wo Mamoru-kai, Kanagawa, Japan
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ?The patients with pneumonia admitted to the hospital ?The patients with written informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: ?The case who does not have oral intake before admission. ?The case with mild pneumonia (A-DROP Score 0), or the case who is not hospitalized. ?The case who does not agree to the study participants ?The case who has not been consulted to the team
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Functional Oral intake Scale of the older patients with pneumonia at discharge or one month after admission | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Nutritional intake on admission intake (including both parenteral and enteral artificial nutrition), ADL (Barthel Index each item and the total score), hospital discharge rate (15 days, 30 days after admission), period of Nil per Os after admission, discharge upon oral ingestion the presence or absence of resuming oral intake at discharge, period of antibiotic administration, home discharge rate, mortality | — |
Countries
Japan
Outcome results
None listed