Efficacy of a Water Intervention in Institutionalized Aged Population.

Launched by CONSORCI SANITARI DEL MARESME · Jul 5, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying how drinking more water might help older adults in nursing homes who are experiencing muscle loss. As people get older, their bodies don't respond to food and exercise as well, which can lead to a decrease in muscle strength and mass. The researchers want to see if having participants drink a specific amount of water daily for a week can improve their body's ability to build muscle and help with other health indicators.

To be eligible for this study, participants need to be at least 65 years old and living in a nursing home or recovery center. They should also be able to give their consent to join the trial. Participants will either drink more water under supervision or continue their usual water intake. Researchers will check their muscle strength and overall health before and after the week-long intervention. This study aims to find out if increasing water intake can positively affect the health and recovery of older adults.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • subjects ≥65 years,
• • institutionalized in a nursing home or in a convalescence unit in a socio sanitary center,
• • who give their informed consent.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • acute infectious disease,
• • exacerbation of a chronic inflammatory disease
• • less than 3 weeks from surgery,
• • hepatic cirrhosis,
• • chronic renal failure (with glomerular filtrate \<40),
• • decompensate heart failure with edema in lower-limbs or acute pulmonary edema,
• • active neoplasia,
• • in palliative care or life expectancy less than 6 months,
• • advanced dementia (GDS\>5),
• • dysphagia,
• • carrier of bilateral hip or knee prostheses, heart pacemaker
• • serum therapy,
• • Users of parenteral nutrition or nasogastric tube nutrition, and
• • users of diapers (if they are not regular urinary tract carriers).