NCT03814057

Creatinine Height Index in Elderly

Age- Adjusted Measurements of Creatinine Height Index for Diagnosing Malnutrition in Elderly Medical Patients at Hospital Admission

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ain Shams University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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

Conditions

• Malnutrition in Elderly

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	24 hour urine creatinine excretion	two age corrected calculations of creatinine height index were obtained

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-06-01
• Primary completion: 2018-05-01
• Completion: 2018-05-01
• First posted: 2019-01-23
• Last updated: 2024-07-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt