Educational Intervention for Better Nutrition to Preserve Functionality - Design of a Randomised Clinical Trial
- Conditions
- Malnutrition
- Registration Number
- NCT05950373
- Lead Sponsor
- Nord University
- Brief Summary
This project explores whether access to a digital education video can improve the nutritional situation of home-living older adults after being discharged from the hospital.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 276
- Surgical patients embedded in a regional hospital.
- Home-living in one of nine selected municipalities.
- Be able to read and understand Norwegian.
- Have a consent competence.
- Have a body mass index < 24.
- Have access to a digital solution such as a tablet or phone.
- Persons given only a liquid diet.
- Persons in a terminally ill phase.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 questionaire Change in Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 questionaire after 3 months Using Rand 36 questionaire. The data from the SF-36 ordinal subscales will be transformed to a ratio scale using the syntax SF-36 manual and will be presented as the results from each of the eight subscales and the two main scales
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Muscle strength Change in Hand Grip Strength (muscle strength) after 3 months Measure Muscle Strength (in Kg) using Hydraulic Hand dynameter for Hand Grip strength in both hands.
Subcutaneous fat Change in Subcutaneous fat after three months. Subcutaneous fat will be measured by Triceps skinfold thickness (TFS). This will be done in millimetres with a VirtuFits Digital Fat caliper skinfold in the triceps of the left arm.
Body fat Change in Body mass index after 3 months. Body fat will be measured by Body mass index (BMI). Weight (in kg) and height (in cm) will be combined to report BMI in Kg/m2
Readmissions to hospital after discharge from the hospital Registration of Readmissions 3 months after Readmissions after discharge from the hospital will be measured three months after discharge.
The mid-arm circumferences Change in the mid-arm cirumferences after three months. The mid-arm circumferences (MAC) will be measured in cm with a measuring tape. This will be done on the left upper arm measured at the midpoint between the top of the shoulder and the tip of the elbow.
Knowledge about nutrition Registration in a questionaire three months after discharge from the hospital. Participants' knowledge about nutrition will be measured with a questionaire consisting of three questions related to the education video.
Muscle protein mass Change in Muscle protein mass after 3 months Muscle protein mass will be measured by the mean arm muscle circumferences (MAMC) calculated to the formula: MAMC (cm) = MAC (cm) - (3,14 X TFS X 0,1)
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Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Monica Christin Hansen
🇳🇴Bodø, Norway
Monica Christin Hansen🇳🇴Bodø, Norway