"Pre-dehydration" is a clinical condition present prior to "dehydration": clinical observations in elderly individuals and suggestions for diagnostic variables and risk factors for dehydration

JRCT ID: jRCT1090220192

Registered date:19/08/2014

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: COMPLETED
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: 400 elderly individuals residing in nursing homes.
• Date of first enrollment: 01/07/2013
• Target sample size: 400
• Countries of recruitment: Japan
• Study type: Observational

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Outcome(s)

• Primary Outcome: the morbidity of pre-dehydration in elderly individuals

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 65age old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both
• Include criteria: The subjects had either been admitted to or regularly visited the target institutions, and were over the age of 65 at the time of giving consent.
• Exclude criteria: Exclusion criteria for the subjects were: (i) those clearly suffering from dehydration, and (ii) those for whom investigation into applicable items on the check sheet was impossible even when carried out by another person (rather than the subject themselves).

Related Information

• Source(s) of Monetary Support: Faculty of Human Services, Kanagawa University of Human Services
• Secondary ID(s): Nill Known,JMA-IIA00192