Increase Protein Intake of Older Meal Service Clients With Readymade Protein-rich Meals and Foods
- Conditions
- Protein MalnutritionMalnutrition; Protein
- Interventions
- Other: Nutritional intervention - protein-richOther: Nutritional intervention - standard
- Registration Number
- NCT03032237
- Lead Sponsor
- HAN University of Applied Sciences
- 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).
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
- 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.
- 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
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Protein-rich assortment Nutritional intervention - protein-rich The intervention groups receives protein-rich meals and protein-rich dairy products. Standard assortment Nutritional intervention - standard The control group receives standard meals and food products.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Protein intake 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 Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Acceptance 4 weeks Acceptance and liking of meals and food products; outcome will be measured with a questionnaire including a 5-point likert scale (for liking) and a question how much was eaten. This questionnaire needs to be done every day.
Energy intake 4 weeks Difference in daily energy intake between intervention and control group assessed with 3-day food records which will be checked by trained dietitians.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
HAN University of Applied Sciences
🇳🇱Nijmegen, Netherlands