Feasibility and Effectiveness of Nutritional Telemonitoring in Community-dwelling Elderly.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Undernutrition; Aging
• Interventions: Other: Nutritional telemonitoring

• Registration Number: NCT03240094
• Lead Sponsor: Wageningen University

Brief Summary

An optimal nutritional status is essential for healthy ageing. Telemonitoring might contribute to maintaining or improving nutritional status in elderly people.The objectives of this effect study are to test the feasibility and effectiveness of telemonitoring of nutritional parameters in community-dwelling older adults.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-02-26
• Primary Completion: 2017-05-09
• Study Completion: 2017-05-09
• Status Verified: 2017-07
• Study First Submitted: 2017-07-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-08-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-08-03
• Study First Posted: 2017-08-04
• Last Update Posted: 2017-08-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 213

Inclusion Criteria

Having a care referral for at least one of the following types of care:

• Domestic care
• Personal care
• Nursing care
• Individual or group support
• Living in a sheltered home or service flat

Exclusion Criteria

• Severe cognitive impairment (Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) < 20)
• Receiving terminal care
• Not having a television at home
• Clients with a visual impairment (not able to watch the television screen)
• Clients with a physical impairment in such a way, that they are not able to use the telemonitoring system
• Clients with nursing home care

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Nutritional telemonitoring	Nutritional telemonitoring	Participants in the intervention group receive a telemonitoring intervention, including self-measurements of body weight, nutritional status, appetite, diet quality, and physical activity. Additionally, participants receive guidance on nutrition and physical activity by means of customized and general television messages and/or if necessary personal guidance by a nurse.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Nutritional status (MNA)	6 months	Measured by Mini Nutritional Assessment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Behavioural determinant: Knowledge	6 months	Measured with 11 knowledge statements to be answered by true/false/don't know
Behavioural determinant: Goalsetting	6 months	Measured by three items to be answered on a 5 point likert scale on a 5-point likert scale.
Behavioural determinant: Intention to improve physical activity	6 months	Measured by three items to be answered on a 5 point likert scale on a 5-point likert scale.
Behavioural determinant: Perceived behavioural control	6 months	Measured by five items to be answered on a 5 point likert scale on a 5-point likert scale.
Appetite (SNAQ)	6 months	Measured by Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire
Physical functioning (SPPB)	6 months	Measured by Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)
Behavioural determinant: Intention to eat healthy	6 months	Measured by three items to be answered on a 5 point likert scale on a 5-point likert scale.
Behavioural determinant: Self efficacy	6 months	Measured by two items to be answered on a 5 point likert scale on a 5-point likert scale.
Behavioural determinants: Attitude	6 months	Measured by 14 items to be answered on a 5 point likert scale
Body weight (kg)	6 months	Measured by weighing scale of the brand A\&D, type UC-411PBT-C
Diet quality (DHD-index)	6 months	Measured by Dutch Healthy Diet index (DHD-index)
Functional status (KATZ-15)	6 months	Measured by KATZ-15
Quality of life (SF-36)	6 months	Measured by Short-Form 36

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Wageningen University & Research; 🇳🇱 Wageningen, Netherlands