Effectiveness of a nutrition education intervention in improving dietary diversity among elderly with undernutrition in Colombo District; A non-randomized controlled trial
- Conditions
- utrition in the elderly
- Registration Number
- SLCTR/2019/007
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Public Health, Faculty Of Medicine. Kotelawela Defence University, Sri Lanka
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
1. Males and females aged 60 years and above
2. Residing in their area for more than 3 months
3. Undernutrition as determined by the presence of one or more of the following criteria
• BMI value less than 18.5 KgM-2 OR
• Body fat percentage less than 26% in females and less than 14% in males (Gallagher et al., 2000) OR
• Body muscle percentage less than 26.6 % in females and less than 34.4% in males (Tichet et al., 2008) but, fat percentage within normal range. Measurements by portable Body composition analyzer (Omron, HBF- 212, Japan)
4. Able to communicate well in Sinhala.
1. Elderly with Cognitive impairment (assessed using Mini Mental state Examination (MME). A score below 24 will be considered as cognitively impaired)
2. Elderly residing in elderly homes or day care centers
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement of the Dietary Diversity of the dietary pattern among the participants. <br><br>This will be assessed by using a 24-hour dietary recall method and assessed using a score. The dietary diversity score has been used as a proxy indicator of nutrition adequacy of rural elderly people in Sri Lanka (Rathnayake et al, 2012)<br> [Time point: At baseline, at two weeks after the complete implementation of the intervention package, and at 3 months after the complete implementation of the intervention package ]<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improvement of the Food Variety and Dietary Serving of the Dietary pattern among the participants. <br><br>This will be assessed by using a 24-hour dietary recall method and assessed using a score. The dietary diversity score has been used as a proxy indicator of nutrition adequacy of rural elderly people in Sri Lanka (Rathnayake et al, 2012) [Time point: At baseline, at two weeks after the complete implementation of the intervention package, and at 3 months after the complete implementation of the intervention package to determine the sustainability of the intervention.<br>]<br>