Preventing Malnutrition Among Older Adults

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Malnutrition
• Interventions: Other: Education video

• Registration Number: NCT05860140
• Lead Sponsor: Nord University

Brief Summary

This project aims to explore whether access to a digital education video can improve the nutritional situation of home-living older adults after being discharged from the hospital.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-05-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-04-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-05-05
• Study First Posted: 2023-05-16
• Status Verified: 2023-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-19
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-20
• Primary Completion: 2026-04-20
• Study Completion: 2026-06-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 250

Inclusion Criteria

• Orthopedic and surgical in bedded patient patients in a selected regional hospital in Norway.
• Over 65 years old. Have their home address in one of nine selected municipalities in Nordland county.
• home living and due to return home after discharge directly from the hospital or after a short-term training stay at a training centre before returning home.
• Could read and understand Norwegian.
• Have consent competence.
• Have a Body mass index less than 24.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients patients only receiving liquid diet such as tube feeding
• terminal-ill patients

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	Education video	will get access to a six-minute educational video five days after being discharged from the hospital. The video is focusing on protein and energy meals for older adults.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 Questionnaire	Change in Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 Questionnaire after 3 months	Using Rand 36 Questionnaire

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Readmissions to hospital after discharge from the hospital	Registration of Readmissions 3 months after	Readmissions after discharge from the hospital will be meassured three months after discharge
Subcutaneous fat	Change in Subcutaneous fat after 3 months	Subcutaneous fat will be measured by Triceps skinfold thickness (TFS). This will be done by a in millimetres with a VirtuFits Digital Fat Caliper skinfold in the triceps of the left arm.
Muscle protein mass	Change in Muscle protein mass after 3 months	Muscle protein mass will be measured by the mean arm muscle circumference (MAMC) calculated according to the formula: MAMC (cm) = MAC (cm) - (3,14 X TFS x 0,1)
Body fat	Change in Body mass index after 3 months	Body fat will be measured by Body mass index (BMI). weight (in kg) and height (in cm) will be combined to report BMI in kg/m\^2.
The mid-arm circumference	Change in The mid-arm circumference after 3 months	The mid-arm circumference (MAC) will be measured in cm with a measuring tape. This will be done of the left upper arm measured at the midpoint between the tip of the shoulder and the tip of the elbow
Muscle Strength	Change in Hand Grip Strength (muscle strenght) after 3 months	Measure Muscle Strength in kg using Saehan Hydraulic Hand Dynometer for Hand Grip strength in both hands.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Monica Christin Hansen; 🇳🇴 Bodø, Norway