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| Société des Produits Nestlé (SPN) | INDUSTRY |
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between nutrition and frailty in older community-living persons.
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 purpose of this study to investigate the association between different nutrition characteristics and frailty in older community-living persons.
206 volunteers aged 75 years or older were included in this cross-sectional study. Nutritional assessment included the Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA), a food-frequency questionnaire and a standardised three-day dietary record. Intake of energy and nutrients was calculated using the German nutrient database BLS II.2. Dietary patterns were described by different dietary scores. Frailty was defined according to Fried et al. based on the following criteria: weight loss, exhaustion, grip strength, walking speed and physical activity. In addition several standardised tests were performed to characterise physical performance (Timed Up & Go, repeated chair stands, balance tests).
The association between nutritional aspects and physical performance is evaluated in an explorative manner.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| No treatment |
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| Frailty (according to Fried et al.) | Frailty is defined as the presence of at least 3 of the following criteria:
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Impaired physical performance (according to Guralnik et al.) | Impaired physical performance is definded as less than 9 points in the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB). Three physical performance tests (balance, walking speed and chair-rise) are performed in a standardised manner and rated with 0-4 points each. SPPB is the sum score of these three test resuslts with a maximum of 12 points indicating the best physical performance. |
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Community-living persons aged 75 years or older
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Institute for Biomedicine of Aging, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg | Nuremberg | 90419 | Germany |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 11253156 | Background | Fried LP, Tangen CM, Walston J, Newman AB, Hirsch C, Gottdiener J, Seeman T, Tracy R, Kop WJ, Burke G, McBurnie MA; Cardiovascular Health Study Collaborative Research Group. Frailty in older adults: evidence for a phenotype. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2001 Mar;56(3):M146-56. doi: 10.1093/gerona/56.3.m146. | |
| 8126356 | Background |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000073496 | Frailty |
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| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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| Guralnik JM, Simonsick EM, Ferrucci L, Glynn RJ, Berkman LF, Blazer DG, Scherr PA, Wallace RB. A short physical performance battery assessing lower extremity function: association with self-reported disability and prediction of mortality and nursing home admission. J Gerontol. 1994 Mar;49(2):M85-94. doi: 10.1093/geronj/49.2.m85. |