400 elderly individuals residing in nursing homes.
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
None listed
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The subjects had either been admitted to or regularly visited the target institutions, and were over the age of 65 at the time of giving consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria for the subjects were: (i) those clearly suffering from dehydration, and (ii) those for whom investigation into applicable items on the check sheet was impossible even when carried out by another person (rather than the subject themselves).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the morbidity of pre-dehydration in elderly individuals | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
School of Nutrition & Dietetics, Kanagawa University of Human Services