This project explores 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
TRIPLE
Enrollment
276
six minute long education video focusing on protein and energy meals for older adults.
Monica Christin Hansen
Bodø, Norway
Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 questionaire
Using Rand 36 questionaire. The data from the SF-36 ordinal subscales will be transformed to a ratio scale using the syntax SF-36 manual and will be presented as the results from each of the eight subscales and the two main scales
Time frame: Change in Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 questionaire after 3 months
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/m2
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 measured three months after discharge.
Time frame: Registration of Readmissions 3 months after
Muscle strength
Measure Muscle Strength (in Kg) using Hydraulic Hand dynameter for Hand Grip strength in both hands.
Time frame: Change in Hand Grip Strength (muscle strength) after 3 months
The mid-arm circumferences
The mid-arm circumferences (MAC) will be measured in cm with a measuring tape. This will be done on the left upper arm measured at the midpoint between the top of the shoulder and the tip of the elbow.
Time frame: Change in the mid-arm cirumferences after three months.
Subcutaneous fat
Subcutaneous fat will be measured by Triceps skinfold thickness (TFS). This will be done in millimetres with a VirtuFits Digital Fat caliper skinfold in the triceps of the left arm.
Time frame: Change in Subcutaneous fat after three months.
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Muscle protein mass
Muscle protein mass will be measured by the mean arm muscle circumferences (MAMC) calculated to the formula: MAMC (cm) = MAC (cm) - (3,14 X TFS X 0,1)
Time frame: Change in Muscle protein mass after 3 months
Knowledge about nutrition
Participants' knowledge about nutrition will be measured with a questionaire consisting of three questions related to the education video.
Time frame: Registration in a questionaire three months after discharge from the hospital.