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NCT Number: NCT04492644

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

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.

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Conditions

Malnutrition; Moderate Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases Immune System Diseases Immunoproliferative Disorders Lymphatic Diseases Lymphoma Lymphoma, Follicular Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoproliferative Disorders Malnutrition Neoplasms Neoplasms by Histologic Type Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Asia University

Taichung, 404, Taiwan

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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.

Treatment and study plan

No intervention

Other

No intervention

Primary outcomes

  1. masticatory muscle surface EMG

    Time frame: 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 outcomes

  1. Nutritional status

    Time frame: 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).

Other outcomes

  1. Handgrip force

    Time frame: Data were collected after the participants signed the informed consent form within 24 hours admitted to hospital.

    Left and right handgrip forces were measured by a Jamar® Hydraulic Hand Dynamometer

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

China Medical University Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • China Medical University, China

Registry information

Acronym: NMM

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Jul 30, 2020
Registry last updated
Jul 30, 2020

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