utrition and EXercise Telehealth care for Malnourished older adults post-hospital discharge (NEXT-M)

Not Applicable

• Conditions: malnutrition; sarcopenia; Diet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621001388808
• Lead Sponsor: Deakin University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-10-14
• Last Update Posted: 18 October 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Participants will be community living older adults who are at risk of malnutrition (identified by a malnutrition screening tool (MST) greater than or equal to 3), or are diagnosed in the medical record by Western Health dietitians as being malnourished. They will have received care by a dietitian within the heterogenous range of healthcare services (including subacute, oncology and post-surgery services) offered at Western Health. Participants will not have chronic kidney disease as this may contra-indicate the dietary advice provided.
Participants should be planning to be at home for at least 8 weeks during the enrolment period; able to communicate in English; do not have a cognitive or physical impairment or disability that in the opinion of the participant’s’ GP/specialist and/or study investigators would result in the participant having difficulty interacting with Physitrack or performing unsupervised exercise and dietary intervention safely.
Participants also must answer ‘no’ to all six questions on the Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA) pre-exercise screening tool to ensure that it is safe for them to exercise at moderate exertion.
Participants will have access to home internet.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Discharged greater than 1 month ago
2.Expect to be away for 4 weeks or more during the intervention
3.Has chronic kidney disease
4.Unable to exercise safely in a home environment

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Greater or equal to 90% retention in the intervention group determined by proportion of participants who are still engaging with the videos at week 12.[At the completion of the 12 week intervention];The proportion of participants that achieve completion rates of greater or equal to 66% of prescribed exercise and dietary intervention determined by participants viewing the intervention videos.[At the completion of the 12 week intervention];Recruitment of greater or equal to 20% of eligible participants, that is the proportion of eligible participants that accept to participate in the study.[At the completion of the 12 week intervention]