Testing the Effectiveness and Acceptance of Home-delivered Protein-rich Meals and Foods on the Intake of Community-dwelling Older Adults.
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 100
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Protein intake
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Rationale: Undernutrition risk among community-dwelling older adults in developed countries is shown to be around 24%. Increasing protein intake is a strategy that is feasible as well as efficacious to reduce undernutrition in community-dwelling older adults. A promising strategy to increase protein intake among older adults, is to offer dietary solutions with normal foods that fit their current daily eating patterns. For this reason, home-delivered protein-rich readymade meals and protein-rich dairy products will be studied in this research.
Objective: The primary objective is to study the effectiveness of commercially available protein-rich readymade meals and protein-rich dairy products in increasing protein intake of older adults who use a meal-delivery service to a level of 1.2 g/kg bodyweight/d. Secondary objectives include: studying effects of these meals and dairy products on total daily energy intake. Further, studying the acceptance of and compliance to the meals and dairy products.
Study design: The study will be performed as a single-blind randomized, controlled, four-week trial in a real-life setting: in community-dwelling older adults' own homes.
Study population: The target group of this study are community-dwelling older adults who use a meal-delivery service.
Intervention: Both groups will receive readymade meals for each day during 4 weeks. They will also receive dairy products to freely consume during the intervention period. The intervention groups receives protein-rich meals and protein-rich dairy products, the control receives standard meals and food products.
Main study parameters/endpoints: Difference in daily protein intake between intervention and control group. Secondary parameters: energy intake and acceptance (liking).
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 65 Years to — (Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Aged 65 years or over
- •Living at home
- •Be a client of maaltijdservice.nl
- •Being able to eat by themselves
- •Have a microwave to heat meals
- •Live in Nijmegen or Den Bosch area
- •Being able to understand, read and speak Dutch
- •Having signed informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Legally incapacitated
- •Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score < 24
- •Following a diet with protein restriction or a vegetarian diet
- •Allergies or intolerances prohibiting the use of dairy products
- •Only using texture modified foods (liquid diet)
- •Diagnosed by doctor with renal insufficiency
- •Suffering from a terminal illness
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Protein intake
Time Frame: 4 weeks
Difference in daily protein intake between intervention and control group assessed with 3-day food records which will be checked by trained dietitians.
Secondary Outcomes
- Acceptance(4 weeks)
- Energy intake(4 weeks)
Investigators
dr. Marian de van der Schueren
Prof. Dr.
HAN University of Applied Sciences