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Malnutrition's Role in Fall Risk

NCT03011918 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 485

Last updated 2017-01-06

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Summary

Falls and falls related injuries are considered one of the most adverse events that a patient can experience. Several assessment instruments to assess and mitigate risks for falls have been developed. However, these instruments have not addressed nutritional risk factors.

Weight loss and low hemoglobin levels are key components of Malnutrition. Malnutrition in the hospital setting is a significant concern and may play a role as a fall risk factor.

The World Health Organization (WHO) maintains a global anemia database. WHO has identified iron deficiency anemia, based on hemoglobin value alone as the most common, wide-spread nutritional deficiency worldwide. Anemia is present in 30% of the worlds population including industrialized nations.

The consensus statement of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics / American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition simply defines adult under-nutrition as a continuum of inadequate intake along with a multitude of other factors. Weight loss occurs at multiple points along this continuum.

this multiphase retrospective descriptive analysis hypothesizes that degree of weight loss and degree of Hgb decline may be fall risk factors.

Conditions

  • Falling Injury
  • Nutrition Disorder

Interventions

OTHER

Data Collection prior to first fall for all fallers

Weight history. Descriptive analysis of weight history in single event fallers compared to multiple event fallers. Information on use of any nutrition supplementation exposure will also be collected

OTHER

Hgb value

Hgb decline. Descriptive analysis of single event fallers compared to multiple event fallers will be analyzed. Use of nutrition supplement exposure will be collected

OTHER

Vitamin D

Descriptive analysis of vitamin D status of single event fallers compared to multiple event fallers will be analyzed. Use of nutrition supplement exposure will be collected..

OTHER

C-Reactive Protein

Descriptive analysis of C-RP value status of single event fallers as compared to multiple event fallers will be analyzed. Use of nutrition supplement exposure data will be collected.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Louis Stokes VA Medical Center

    lead FED

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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