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Preventing Hospital Associated Disability in Older Patients: Individualized Nutrition and Exercise Strategy, a Feasibility Study

NCT07124338 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2026-01-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Aproximately a third of persons older than 70 years lose physical function and ability to take care of themselves during a stay at a hospital. This is associated to an increased risk of readmission and mortality. Earlier research has shown that insufficient nutrition and physical activity during hospital stay, leading to a loss in muscle mass and strength, plays an important role in this fall in functionality. This study aims to examine if a structured and supervised resistance exercise, with or without an individualized nutritional plan and intervention, can prevent this fall in functional ability during hospital stay among older patients.

Furthermore, this study seeks to investigate if it is feasible to carry out such a exercise and nutritional intervention in a hospital setting, and to obtain viewpoints regarding exercise and nutrition during hospital stay from older patients. This study aims to produce experience for at bigger randomized controlled study expected later in 2025

Conditions

  • Sarcopenia in Elderly
  • Hospital Associated Deconditioning
  • Malnutrition Elderly
  • Physical Function

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise, supervised

nital nutrition plan by a trained dietician, based on Nutritional risk, identifying of nutrion impact symtomes, daily nutritional intake regristration and adjustments to the nutrion plan

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Copenhagen

    collaborator OTHER

  • Bispebjerg Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Charlotte Suetta, Professor · Geriatric research unit, Bispebjerg hospital, Copenhagen

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-07-01
Primary Completion
2025-11-30
Completion
2026-11-30

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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