The Correlation Among Nutrition, Muscle Strength, Masticatory and Swallow Ability of Inpatient Elders

Completed

• Conditions: Malnutrition; Moderate
• Interventions: Other: No intervention

• Registration Number: NCT04492644
• Lead Sponsor: China Medical University Hospital

Brief Summary

The masticatory performance would affect the nutritional status of elderly people. the prevalence of undernutrition among elderly inpatients is %20-50%. Previous related studies investigate the masticatory performance with special chewing gum and self-reported questionnaires. This study observes the correlation of masticatory muscles sEMG, nutritional status, and handgrip force among elderly inpatients.

Detailed Description

In this cross-sectional study, we enrolled 120 seniors aged 65 and above who are newly admitted to the Asian University Hospital. Within 24 hours they admitted to the hospital, we collected the Mini Nutritional Assessment scores, surface electromyography data, handgrip strength, self-assessment swallowing ability score, and clinical objective data. We performed the statistics for independent t-test, Pearson correlation analysis, and binary logistic regression with SPSS 23 software.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-08-28
• Primary Completion: 2019-10-03
• Study Completion: 2019-10-03
• Status Verified: 2020-07
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-07-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-07-29
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-30
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• new elderly inpatients aged 65 years or older who were able to communicate and were clearly conscious

Exclusion Criteria

• Elderly individuals who were diagnosed with gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction, dysphagia, edentulism without rehabilitation with dentures, brain disease, stroke or cancer were excluded due to the possibility of dysphagia, cachexia or masticatory muscle palsy.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
elderly inpatients	No intervention	Elderly inpatients aged 65 years or older who were able to communicate and were clearly conscious. Elderly individuals who were diagnosed with gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunction, dysphagia, edentulism without rehabilitation with dentures, brain disease, stroke or cancer were excluded due to the possibility of dysphagia, cachexia or masticatory muscle palsy.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
masticatory muscle surface EMG	Data were collected after the participants signed the informed consent form within 24 hours admitted to hospital.	The sEMG examinations were conducted with a Zebris EMG Bluetooth muscle activity recording system

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Nutritional status	Data were collected after the participants signed the informed consent form within 24 hours admitted to hospital.	Nutritional status was measured by the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Asia University; 🇨🇳 Taichung, Taiwan