Elucidation of Sensory Characteristics and Food Preferences in the Elderly
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 611
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Indeed the level of dependency of scores at each of the olfactory tests, gustatory and masticatory
研究概览
简要总结
Malnutrition is a frequent problem in persons older than 65 years: the prevalence of malnutrition can reach 25 to 29% in persons living at home who require help, figures vary between 19 and 38% for those living in institutions, and finally, the prevalence of malnutrition in hospitalized elderly patients can reach 30 to 90%. A few studies have attempted to explain modifications in attitudes, behaviour, the frequency of meals or nutritional status in the elderly by a fall in chemosensory sensitivity The aim of this project is to test the hypothesis that perhaps it is not as much the capacity to perceive a smell or a taste that affects eating behaviour in the elderly as their ability to distinguish between smells or tastes on the one hand (perceptual processing), and their ability to correctly interpret a chemosensory signal on the other (cognitive processing).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 65 Years 至 —（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Persons older than 65 years.
- •Persons with diabetes, heart disease or hypertension stabilized by a treatment.
- •Persons cognitively able to carry out the tests and fill in the questionnaires (Folstein test between 22 and 30).
排除标准
- •Any person suffering from an acute disease at the time of the test.
- •Any person presenting any allergy whatsoever (food, mites, pollen...).
- •Any person suffering from asthma or severe respiratory disorders (lung cancer, tracheotomy...).
- •Any person presenting anosmia (total loss of olfaction) from birth or following physical trauma (head injury) or due to disease (severe rhinitis).
- •Persons with diabetes, heart disease or hypertension not stabilized by treatment.
- •Any person presenting life expectancy of less than 6 months.
结局指标
主要结局
Indeed the level of dependency of scores at each of the olfactory tests, gustatory and masticatory
时间窗: Day 1
次要结局
未报告次要终点