Study to Improve Healthy Eating for At-Risk Older Adults

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Biometrics
• Interventions: Behavioral: Food deliveries

• Registration Number: NCT01846169
• Lead Sponsor: Boston Medical Center

Brief Summary

This application, funded by the American Association of Retired Persons(AARP) Foundation, is to implement the Healthy Eating for at Risk Older Adults (HERO) initiative. This initiative will address barriers of affordability, and reduced mobility by providing older adults with nutritious foods that are usually difficult to purchase due to high cost; delivering needed foods to individuals in their homes; tailoring food delivery frequency based on level of food insecurity; and offering basic nutrition education.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-09
• Study First Submitted: 2013-05-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-05-01
• Study First Posted: 2013-05-03
• Primary Completion: 2013-08
• Study Completion: 2013-08
• Status Verified: 2014-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-08-21
• Last Update Posted: 2014-08-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 101

Inclusion Criteria

• 55 years old or older
• if member of Boston Medical Center's Elders Living at Home Program: Not currently homeless and expect to live at current residence or in the area for next 6 months
• if NOT member of Boston Medical Center's Elders Living at Home Program: Not currently homeless, live at public housing development, and plan to live there for at least next 6 months
• Able to understand, speak and read English

Exclusion Criteria

• Follows a special diet that cannot be accommodated, as ascertained by clinical judgment of the nurse.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
food deliveries	Food deliveries	After baseline screening, participants receive weekly or bi-weekly food deliveries and brief nutrition education.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
body composition	6 months	percent body fat
BMI	6 months	Body mass index
weight	6 months	total body weight in pounds
blood pressure	6 months	systolic and diastolic blood pressure
blood glucose	6 months	measurement of blood glucose

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
food insecurity	6 months	measurement of food insecurity as assessed by standard questionnaire
nutritional risk	6 months	food frequency questionnaire assessing levels of food intake in pre-specified categories (e.g., fruits and vegetables)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Boston Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States