Nutritional Intake of "Finger-food" on Elderly People in Seniors's Resident

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Nutritive Value
• Interventions: Other: Finger-Food; Other: Without Finger-Food

• Registration Number: NCT02925728
• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee

Brief Summary

The undernourishment and the prevention of its risk at the elderly person in seniors's resident represent a major issue in public health. The diagnosis of undernourishment and its risk are systematically recommended in these structures where the nutrition of these people is a problem because often inappropriate for their capacities of prehension and consequently for their nutritional needs. One of the solutions to remedy can be found in the " finger-food ".

The study FIFO ("Finger-Food") suggests verifying the hypothesis which the finger-food would allow to increase the nutritional intake of the resident who have disorders of the prehension and\\or requiring a nutritional stimulation and\\or require an help to the preparation of the meal.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-09-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-10-05
• Study First Posted: 2016-10-06
• Study Start: 2017-02-07
• Primary Completion: 2017-09-25
• Study Completion: 2017-09-25
• Results First Submitted: 2022-10-21
• Status Verified: 2024-03
• Results First Submitted QC: 2024-03-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-15
• Results First Posted: 2024-08-15
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 47

Inclusion Criteria

• Residents institutionalized in seniors's resident for 3 months at least
• Residents in disability to feed single-handedly because of cognitive and/or physical disorders
• Having at least use of a hand
• Do not opposing the participation in the study or information and not opposition of the family / close to confidence / legal guardian in case of resident in incapacity to understand (senility, insanity)

Exclusion Criteria

• Confined to bed
• Specific diets (without residue, allergen, ...)
• Enteral nutrition
• Absence motricity of 2 hands

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Nutrition with Finger-Food	Finger-Food	Nutrition with Finger-Food
Nutrition without Finger-Food	Without Finger-Food	Nutrition without Finger-Food

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quantitative Measure of Ingesta	Monthly: From date of finger-food's implementation until the date of the end of the study (assessed up to 6 months)	Quantitative measure of ingesta (calorie and protein intake)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendée; 🇫🇷 La Roche sur Yon, France