Educational Intervention for Better Nutrition to Preserve Functionality - Design of a Randomised Clinical Trial

Nord University1 site in 1 country276 target enrollmentJanuary 1, 2025

ConditionsMalnutrition

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Malnutrition
Sponsor: Nord University
Enrollment: 276
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 questionaire
Status: Not Yet Recruiting
Last Updated: 2 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

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.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

January 1, 2025

End Date

October 1, 2026

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Nord University

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Monica Christin Hansen

PhD student

Nord University

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•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 \<
•Have access to a digital solution such as a tablet or phone.

Exclusion Criteria

•Persons given only a liquid diet.
•Persons in a terminally ill phase.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 questionaire

Time Frame: 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 Outcomes

Muscle strength(Change in Hand Grip Strength (muscle strength) after 3 months)
Subcutaneous fat(Change in Subcutaneous fat after three months.)
Body fat(Change in Body mass index after 3 months.)
Readmissions to hospital after discharge from the hospital(Registration of Readmissions 3 months after)
The mid-arm circumferences(Change in the mid-arm cirumferences after three months.)
Knowledge about nutrition(Registration in a questionaire three months after discharge from the hospital.)
Muscle protein mass(Change in Muscle protein mass after 3 months)