NCT07514572

Impact of Estimated Weight and Height on Nutritional Assessment in Elderly

Accuracy of Estimated Weight and Height in Old Inpatients and Their Impact on Nutritional Assessment

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 400 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Recording the exact weight and height should represent a standard practice for all inpatients, as they significantly impact on patients' care, drug dosing and nutritional assessment. However, these measurements are recorded in a small percentage of inpatients and, even worse, they often are estimated by nurses or Physicians, or self-reported by patients. This error may contribute to a wrong nutritional assessment, since the body mass index (BMI) is one of the parameters included in some of the most used nutritional scores. In this study the investigators will perform a nutritional assessement, at hospital admission, in a group of inpatients by the mini-nutritional assessment short form (MNA-SF), by means of estimated, self-reported and exact body weight measures. Moreover, in those subjects with a malnutrition diagnosis (by MNA-SF) the investigators will perform bioimpedence analysis and will evaluate a series of anthropometric measurements offering insights into body composition and distribution of fat and muscle, such as calf, waist and hip circumference.

Conditions

• Nutrition Assessment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Anthropometric and nutritional assessment	Collection of self-reported weight and height, the exact measurement of weight and height with certified instruments, the administration of the MNA-SF questionnaire and the detection of body circumferences

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-05-07
• Primary completion: 2027-05-07
• Completion: 2027-05-07
• First posted: 2026-04-07
• Last updated: 2026-04-07