Status:

COMPLETED

Nutrition and Frailty in Older Persons

Lead Sponsor:

University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School

Collaborating Sponsors:

Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN)

Conditions:

Frailty

Eligibility:

All Genders

75+ years

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between nutrition and frailty in older community-living persons.

Detailed Description

Nutrition is regarded as an important etiologic factor in the development of frailty in older adults. To date the relation between nutrition and frailty is only poorly described. Thus, it is the purp...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • age of 75 years and older
  • living independently at home

Exclusion

  • acute illness
  • cognitive impairment (Mini Mental State Examination ≥ 24 out of 30 points)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2009

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

206 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01433211

Start Date

August 1 2009

End Date

September 1 2010

Last Update

May 8 2024

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Institute for Biomedicine of Aging, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Nuremberg, Germany, 90419