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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01161342
Date of registration: 12/07/2010
Primary sponsor: Uppsala University
Public title: Prevalence of Malnutrition at a Swedish Hospital
Scientific title: Prevalence of Malnutrition and the Association Between Nutritional Status and Mortality Among Elderly Patients at a Medium-sized Swedish Hospital
Date of first enrolment: March 2008
Target sample size: 1771
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01161342
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Name:   Leif Bergkvist, Professor
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Affiliation:  The Center for Clinical research, the County Council of Vestmanland/Uppsala University, Sweden
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients 65 years or older

Exclusion Criteria:

- unable to communicate

- readmitted during the study period

- receiving palliative care

- impossible to measure height or weight.



Age minimum: 65 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Malnutrition
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
LTV-1211142
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
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