NCT02990520

Prevalence of Malnutrition and/or Sarcopenia at Hospital Admission

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 190 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of malnutrition and/or sarcopenia at admission to the hospital in older adults.

Detailed description

The primary outcome of this study is to determine the prevalence of malnutrition and/or sarcopenia at admission to the hospital in older adults. The secondary outcome is to assess the relationship between malnutrition/sarcopenia status and length of stay, comorbidity load, polypharmacy, and 30-day readmission.

Conditions

• Malnutrition
• Sarcopenia

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-02-01
• Primary completion: 2022-07-12
• Completion: 2024-02-02
• First posted: 2016-12-13
• Last updated: 2024-12-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States