Preventing Malnutrition Among Older Adults

Prevention and Treatment of Malnutrition Among Home-living Older Adults Over 65 Years.

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Conditions: Malnutrition
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Education video

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 250
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Norway
  • Bodø, Norway, 8020
    • Monica Christin Hansen

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

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 Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Quadruple

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention group; 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.	Other: Education video; Six minutes long education video focusing on protein and energy meals
No Intervention: Control group; Control group, not given any intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 Questionnaire	Using Rand 36 Questionnaire	Change in Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 Questionnaire after 3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Body fat	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.	Change in Body mass index after 3 months
Readmissions to hospital after discharge from the hospital	Readmissions after discharge from the hospital will be meassured three months after discharge	Registration of Readmissions 3 months after
Muscle Strength	Measure Muscle Strength in kg using Saehan Hydraulic Hand Dynometer for Hand Grip strength in both hands.	Change in Hand Grip Strength (muscle strenght) after 3 months
The mid-arm circumference	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	Change in The mid-arm circumference after 3 months
Subcutaneous fat	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.	Change in Subcutaneous fat after 3 months
Muscle protein mass	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)	Change in Muscle protein mass after 3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Nord University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Estimated): April 20, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 6, 2026

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 17, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 5, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): May 16, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 20, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 19, 2024
• Last Verified: June 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: older adults; Educational video; Disease-related malnutrition
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Nutrition Disorders; Malnutrition
• Other Study ID Numbers: 366924

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No