Assessment of DeMentia Nutrition Intervention Needs Among Care Recipients and carEgivers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 50
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Nutrition status of caregivers
研究概览
简要总结
Nutrition is critical for disease prevention and brain health. Malnutrition and weight loss often affect persons with Alzheimer's dementia (PWD), worsening overall health and dementia. Informal caregivers (usually family members) perform many nutrition-related tasks as part of daily care such as food preparation and feeding. Limited research, however, suggests informal caregivers experience high rates of caregiver burden, malnutrition and low health literacy. More research is needed to uncover these and other factors that may contribute to malnutrition for both PWDs and their caregivers. Nutrition literacy, or ability to navigate nutrition information to select healthy food, may be an important caregiving factor that protects both individuals from experiencing nutritional decline. Although the NIH has increased funding to support caregiver research, caregiver interventions that include nutrition are lacking. The purpose of this study is to inform the design of a future nutrition intervention study.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Person with dementia: Must be an adult of any age, diagnosed with Alzheimer's dementia or other dementia, reside at home with a family caregiver or domestic partner, and have weight records at a minimum of 2 timepoints.
- •Caregiver: Must be at least 18 years old, English speaking, primary caregiver who is responsible for food planning, and no overt cognitive impairment.
排除标准
- •Person with dementia: Frontal-temporal dementia, alcohol-related dementia, Huntington's disease, schizophrenia, manic-depressive disorder, or actively participating in nutrition intervention research.
- •Caregiver: Visual impairments that prevent completing questionnaires or actively participating in nutrition intervention research.
结局指标
主要结局
Nutrition status of caregivers
时间窗: 1 month
Nutrition status of caregivers will be measured using the Mini Nutrition Assessment (MNA) tool (18-item version). Scoring is Normal (12-14 pts), At risk of malnutrition (8-11 pts), or Malnourished (0-7 points).
Nutrition literacy of caregivers
时间窗: 1 week
Nutrition literacy will be measured by the Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument (score ranges 0 to 42). Scores are interpreted as: \>39 good, 29-38: moderate, ≤ 28: poor.
Nutrition status of persons with dementia
时间窗: 1 month
Nutrition status will be assessed by registered dietitians, using the Mini-Nutrition Assessment (score ranges 0 to 18) and Subjective Global Assessment (score ranges 0-7). Scores of each measure are further categorized into "normal," "at risk of malnutrition," or "malnourished."
次要结局
- Perceived nutrition needs of informal caregivers of persons with dementia(1 week)
研究者
Heather Gibbs
Associate Professor
University of Kansas Medical Center