The value of urinary parameters for assessing hydration in older people also remains to be established as the renal urinary concentration changes with greater age. With younger physically active populations, urine osmolality and colour provide a simple assessment of hydration sta- tus (Shirreffs & Maughan, 1998), However, all older participants in one study were assessed as hydrated using the urinary parameters and no association was found between blood and urine biochemistry (Wakefield et al., 2002), No relationship between plasma and urinary osmolality (r = 0.08) was found amongst older people in continuing care (O’Neill et al., 1990). Thus, although urine colour may confirm hydration, its role in dehydration remains to be established. The potentially differing results regard- ing urine colour in the dehydrated athlete compared to the older person reinforces the importance of validating parameters for the group under investigation.
The time of day that weights are measured provided the greatest explanation in the trends of weight fluctuation (99.8% of weight variation). The implication for clinical practice is that weights should be recorded at a similar time daily, although particularly before or after lunch. This was reinforced by the low variation evident in each of the time points over the 3 days. This may provide a rationale for conducting both inpatient and outpatient reviews at a similar time of day whenever weight assess- ments are required. A 2–3% weight change, used as an indicator of dehydration in other populations, is within the normal weight fluctuation for many older people in care. The percentage weight change indicative of dehydration for this population is yet to be established but would appear to be greater than conventionally used values. The time of day that weights are measured provided the greatest explanation in the trends of weight fluctuation (99.8% of weight variation). The implication for clinical practice is that weights should be recorded at a similar time daily, although particularly before or after lunch. This was reinforced by the low variation evident ineach of the time points over the 3 days. This may provide a rationale for conducting both inpatient and outpatient reviews at a similar time of day whenever weight assessments are required. A 2–3% weight change, used as an indicator of dehydration in other populations, is within the normal weight fluctuation for many older people in care. The percentage weight change indicative of dehydration for this population is yet to be established but would appear to be greater than conventionally used values.
The strengths of the present study include its completion in a real clinical setting involving collaboration from
The value of urinary parameters for assessing hydration in older people also remains to be established as the renal urinary concentration changes with greater age. With younger physically active populations, urine osmolality and colour provide a simple assessment of hydration sta- tus (Shirreffs & Maughan, 1998), However, all older participants in one study were assessed as hydrated using the urinary parameters and no association was found between blood and urine biochemistry (Wakefield et al., 2002), No relationship between plasma and urinary osmolality (r = 0.08) was found amongst older people in continuing care (O’Neill et al., 1990). Thus, although urine colour may confirm hydration, its role in dehydration remains to be established. The potentially differing results regard- ing urine colour in the dehydrated athlete compared to the older person reinforces the importance of validating parameters for the group under investigation.
The time of day that weights are measured provided the greatest explanation in the trends of weight fluctuation (99.8% of weight variation). The implication for clinical practice is that weights should be recorded at a similar time daily, although particularly before or after lunch. This was reinforced by the low variation evident in each of the time points over the 3 days. This may provide a rationale for conducting both inpatient and outpatient reviews at a similar time of day whenever weight assess- ments are required. A 2–3% weight change, used as an indicator of dehydration in other populations, is within the normal weight fluctuation for many older people in care. The percentage weight change indicative of dehydration for this population is yet to be established but would appear to be greater than conventionally used values. The time of day that weights are measured provided the greatest explanation in the trends of weight fluctuation (99.8% of weight variation). The implication for clinical practice is that weights should be recorded at a similar time daily, although particularly before or after lunch. This was reinforced by the low variation evident ineach of the time points over the 3 days. This may provide a rationale for conducting both inpatient and outpatient reviews at a similar time of day whenever weight assessments are required. A 2–3% weight change, used as an indicator of dehydration in other populations, is within the normal weight fluctuation for many older people in care. The percentage weight change indicative of dehydration for this population is yet to be established but would appear to be greater than conventionally used values.
The strengths of the present study include its completion in a real clinical setting involving collaboration from
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