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Changes in Body Mass Index, Energy Intake, and Fluid Intake over 60 Months Premortem as Prognostic Factors in Frail Elderly: A Post-Death Longitudinal Study

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  • Yoshiaki Kawakami

    (Department of Nursing, Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences, Tokyo 135-0063, Japan)

  • Jun Hamano

    (Division of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8575, Japan)

Abstract

Survival prediction is considered difficult in elderly individuals with cognitive frailty or dementia that leads to death. The aim of this study was to verify temporal changes in body mass index (BMI), energy intake, and fluid intake measured continuously in frail elderly people as prognostic factors for death. We assessed 106 frail elderly individuals who received >2-year care at an elderly care facility and died at the facility. We analyzed temporal changes in BMI, energy intake, and fluid intake from a maximum of 60 months premortem to death and determined the relationship between these parameters. BMI was significantly below the reference values from 9 months prior to death, but energy intake remained constant from 2 months prior to death to death ( p < 0.001). However, the mean fluid intake decreased suddenly immediately prior to death. We compared the changes in each parameter during the year prior to death and during the preceding year and found significant differences in all parameters ( p < 0.001). From 60 months prior to death to death, BMI, energy intake, and fluid intake decreased in the same order over time. Therefore, these parameters can be used as prognostic factors for death in frail elderly people.

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  • Yoshiaki Kawakami & Jun Hamano, 2020. "Changes in Body Mass Index, Energy Intake, and Fluid Intake over 60 Months Premortem as Prognostic Factors in Frail Elderly: A Post-Death Longitudinal Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(6), pages 1-9, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:6:p:1823-:d:331260
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    Cited by:

    1. Keiko Fujimoto & Hideki Suito & Kan Nagao & Tetsuo Ichikawa, 2020. "Does Masticatory Ability Contribute to Nutritional Status in Older Individuals?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(20), pages 1-11, October.
    2. Doris Y. P. Leung & Helen Y. L. Chan, 2020. "Palliative and End-of-Life Care: More Work is Required," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(20), pages 1-7, October.

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