A survey on nutrition management and clinical outcomes for older adult inpatients admitted to acute care hospitals

Research on nutrition management and clinical outcomes in older adult inpatients admitted to acute care hospitals in Japan: The multicenter prospective registry study. - Nutrition research for old adults in acute care hospitals: Nut-REACH project

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000058562

Enrollment

1000

Registered

2025-07-24

Start date

2025-10-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Patients aged 65 and older admitted to acute care hospitals for acute illness

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients aged 65 and older at admission (2) Patients admitted due to acute illness (3) Patients admitted to general acute care wards on the admission day

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients admitted to intensive care units on the admission day (2) Patients admitted by inspection or elective surgery (3) Patients are going to be discharged within 7 days (4) Patients receiving withheld therapy or palliative care

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Clinical adverse events (mortality, admission to ICUs, unexpected readmission, subsequent complications, and/or decline of ADL)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
(1) Mortality (2) Admission to ICUs (3) Subsequent complications (4) Length of hospital stay (5) Unexpected readmission (6) Food texture, FOIS (7) Activity of daily living, Katz Index (8) Quality of life, EQ-5D (9) Body weight (10) Appetite, SNAQ (11) Meal intake, based on the questionnaire	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactKeisuke Maeda

Aichi Medical University Nutrition Therapy Support Center

kskmaeda1701@gmail.com0561-62-3311

Outcome results