Change in food and drink provision in homes for the elderly: effects on health and wellbeing

Completed

• Conditions: Health and wellbeing; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN86057119
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of East Anglia (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-07-18
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

Any residents (either sex) of the six care homes were eligible to participate if they gave informed consent. Residents could choose to consent to any or all of the following parts of the study:
1. Allowing researchers access to their routinely collected data (from a variety of sources, collectively referred to as 'care notes')
2. Participating in an interview
3. Providing a fasting blood sample

Home managers were approached to check whether any residents would be unable to provide informed consent due to impaired cognition - for such residents relatives were asked for informed consent (blood tests were not requested of such residents or their relatives). Where a relative provided informed consent an interview was only undertaken where the resident appeared quite happy and relaxed during the process - where this was not the case the interview was immediately terminated.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Residents did not want to participate
2. Visiting the home for a short stay only
3. Where appropriate written informed consent was not obtained (as above)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified