Malnutrition in Elderly
Conditions
Keywords
Anthropometric measurements,, creatinine height index, lean body mass, Mini- nutritional assessment, Hand Grip strength
Brief summary
evaluation of the efficacy of two different age adjusted calculations of CHI compared to other nutritional indicators in the elderly medical patients upon hospital admission.
Detailed description
Cross sectional study involving one hundred hospitalized elderly (\>60 years), Anthropometric measurements, Mini- nutritional assessment, Hand Grip strength, CBC, total protein, albumin, total cholesterol, triglyceride, and 24 hour urinary creatinine excretion were measured within 24 hours of hospital admission calculation of CHI using 2 age adjusted modification was done accuracy of each measurement in detecting malnutrition was evaluated
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST24 hour urine creatinine excretion
two age corrected calculations of creatinine height index were obtained
Sponsors
Ain Shams University
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
60 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* medical elderly patients (\>60 years) * within 24 hours of hospital admission
Exclusion criteria
* sepsis * fever * malignancy * liver cirrhosis * renal impairment * critically ill patients * those with any hemodynamic instability were excluded from the study * patients receiving diuretics * patients can't stand to obtain their weight and height * those can't collect 24 hour urine * the patients refused to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| accuracy of creatinine height index in Elderly | within 24 hours of hospital admission | evaluate the test performance of the two age adjusted calculations of creatinine height index for detecting malnutrition in elderly patients at hospital admission |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed