This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Helsinki Declaration. The protocol was approved by the Ethics Review Board of Ebetsu Tanifuji Hospital (Ethical Number R2-0910).
In our cross-sectional study, 109 patients were retrospectively examined by our hospital’s Nutrition Support Team (NST) for a duration of 33 months from July 2019 to April 2022. Of the original 109, 14 patients were excluded due to a lack of DXA data, yielding a final sample size of 95 patients. The NST consists of 10 members including medical doctors, registered nutritionists, nurses, laboratory technicians, pharmacists, speech therapists, physical trainers, and administrative staff. All patients gave informed consent, and the study has been approved by the hospital’s ethical council. Data from 95 patients were utilized to test for a correlation between physical parameters and the values obtained by DXA. The most common causes of admission were fractures of the extremities, fractures of the vertebrae, and pneumonia, as is summarized inTable 1 .
The physical parameters of body weight (kg), height (cm), upper arm subcutaneous fat thickness (mm), and upper arm circumference (cm) were measured by a nutritionist using caliper tools. Biometric data were measured according to protocols from the National Institute for Health Research to minimize personal bias [4 ]. The general patient status was examined by the NST. All new inpatients were screened for signs of malnutrition such as recent weight loss, loss of appetite, and low serum sodium and albumin levels.
In our cross-sectional study, 109 patients were retrospectively examined by our hospital’s Nutrition Support Team (NST) for a duration of 33 months from July 2019 to April 2022. Of the original 109, 14 patients were excluded due to a lack of DXA data, yielding a final sample size of 95 patients. The NST consists of 10 members including medical doctors, registered nutritionists, nurses, laboratory technicians, pharmacists, speech therapists, physical trainers, and administrative staff. All patients gave informed consent, and the study has been approved by the hospital’s ethical council. Data from 95 patients were utilized to test for a correlation between physical parameters and the values obtained by DXA. The most common causes of admission were fractures of the extremities, fractures of the vertebrae, and pneumonia, as is summarized in
The physical parameters of body weight (kg), height (cm), upper arm subcutaneous fat thickness (mm), and upper arm circumference (cm) were measured by a nutritionist using caliper tools. Biometric data were measured according to protocols from the National Institute for Health Research to minimize personal bias [4 ]. The general patient status was examined by the NST. All new inpatients were screened for signs of malnutrition such as recent weight loss, loss of appetite, and low serum sodium and albumin levels.
