Falling Injury Clinical Trial
Official title:
Eat Well, Fall Less
Verified date | January 2017 |
Source | Louis Stokes VA Medical Center |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | United States: Federal Government |
Study type | Observational |
Falls and falls related injuries are considered one of the most adverse events that a
patient can experience. Several assessment instruments to assess and mitigate risks for
falls have been developed. However, these instruments have not addressed nutritional risk
factors.
Weight loss and low hemoglobin levels are key components of Malnutrition. Malnutrition in
the hospital setting is a significant concern and may play a role as a fall risk factor.
The World Health Organization (WHO) maintains a global anemia database. WHO has identified
iron deficiency anemia, based on hemoglobin value alone as the most common, wide-spread
nutritional deficiency worldwide. Anemia is present in 30% of the worlds population
including industrialized nations.
The consensus statement of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics / American Society of
Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition simply defines adult under-nutrition as a continuum of
inadequate intake along with a multitude of other factors. Weight loss occurs at multiple
points along this continuum.
this multiphase retrospective descriptive analysis hypothesizes that degree of weight loss
and degree of Hgb decline may be fall risk factors.
Status | Enrolling by invitation |
Enrollment | 485 |
Est. completion date | December 2018 |
Est. primary completion date | December 2016 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Veteran experienced a fall during a hospitalization between October 1, 2010 and October 31, 2012 - Veteran must have at least one documented weight a minimum of 24 months prior to admission Exclusion Criteria: - Adults who suffer from neurological disease or stroke - Adults with documented orthopedic fracture in the past 12 months - Documented amputation of a lower limb in the past 24 months - Blindness - History of volume overload, renal, cardiovascular or other in nature - current alcoholic - It is felt that a co-morbidity exists which makes the individuals weight history inaccurate, such as a recent prosthetic device alteration. |
Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Retrospective
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | LSCVAMed Center | Cleveland | Ohio |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Louis Stokes VA Medical Center |
United States,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Eat Well, Fall Less | Multiphase descriptive analysis | 4 year | No |
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