Preventing Malnutrition Among Older Adults

N/AActive Not RecruitingNCT05860140

Nord University250 enrolled

Overview

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 Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

250

Conditions

Malnutrition

Interventions

Education videoOTHER

Six minutes long education video focusing on protein and energy meals

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Monica Christin Hansen

Bodø, Norway

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 Questionnaire

Using Rand 36 Questionnaire

Time frame: Change in Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 Questionnaire after 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

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.

Time frame: 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

Time frame: 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.

Time frame: 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

Time frame: 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.

Time frame: 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)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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