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Study on intensified nutritional counseling in patients during and after inpatient geriatric rehabilitation using a digital food diary and sensors for activity and body composition measurement for documentation in the DiDiER project

Not Applicable
Conditions
Geriatric rehabilitation patients with malnutrition according to Mini Nutritional Assessment short form or the risk factors weight loss, reduced food intake or underweight
E46
Unspecified protein-energy malnutrition
Registration Number
DRKS00015493
Lead Sponsor
Offis - Insitut für Informatik
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
11
Inclusion Criteria

Consecutive admission to the geriatric rehabilitation unit of the Rehazentrum Oldenburg,
Age =70 years, malnutrition according to MNA-SF (0-7 points), or the following risk factors for malnutrition: weight loss in the last 3 months, decreased food intake in the last 3 months, or decreased BMI (<23kg / m²),
prescription of nutritonal counseling

Exclusion Criteria

Inability to understand the study content and course of study due to reduced cognitive status or language barriers, participation in another study, place of residence is further than 30 km away from Oldenburg

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Delta protein intake g/day: Protein intake g/day t5 - protein intake g/day t1<br>t5= 2 month follow-up after discharge from rehab, <br>t1= at beginning of rehab
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in energy, macro and micronutrient intake, body composition, body weight, MNA-SF score, fractile status, number of steps, detected sensor belt activity over the period t1-t5
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