title: Validation of a new tool: the calorie intake tool, to easily estimate the energy intake of diseased aged patient.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to validate the Calorie Intake Tool (CIT), a new tool to estimate energy intake.
  
  
  METHODS
  100 patients older than 75 were randomly selected in seven geriatric units at Toulouse University Hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Energy intake was calculated for each subject with the CIT and by weighing the food consumed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Total calorie intake did not differ significantly between the two methods, 1318 ± 586 for CIT and 1353 ± 625 for food weighing. The Intraclass Correlation coefficient (ICC) was higher than 0.89 for total calorie intake and the Bland and Altman analysis was consistent with these results and showed a bias for high calorie intake (mean error 35 ± 420 kcal).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study shows that the CIT for the evaluation of calorie intake in elderly diseased patients is valid against the reference method (weighing the food consumed).
authors.affiliation: A. Ghisolfi, Gérontopôle, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, France, ghisolfi.a@chu-toulouse.fr.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghisolfi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dupuy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gines-Farano
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lepage
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vellas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ritz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015982:Bias; D004435:Eating; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000379:methods*; D011897:Random Allocation