Feasibility of Nutritional Telemonitoring in Elderly Home Care Patients

Aging Clinical Trial

Official title:

Pilot Study to Assess the Feasibility and Potential Impact of Nutritional Telemonitoring in Community Dwelling Elderly People Receiving Home Care

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03211845
• Other study ID #: NL50423.081.14
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 3, 2017
• Last updated: July 5, 2017
• Start date: May 27, 2015
• Est. completion date: November 20, 2015

Study information

• Verified date: July 2017
• Source: Wageningen University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

An optimal nutritional status is essential for healthy ageing. Telemonitoring might contribute to maintaining or improving nutritional status in elderly people.The objectives of this pilot study are to test the feasibility, acceptability and implementation fidelity of telemonitoring of nutritional parameters in community-dwelling older adults; to test the study procedures for effect evaluation; and to determine the likelihood of achieving desired impact on the primary and secondary outcomes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: November 20, 2015
• Est. primary completion date: November 20, 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Having a care referral for at least one of the following types of care:

• Domestic care

• Personal care

• Nursing care

• Individual or group support

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe cognitive impairment (Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) < 20)

• Receiving terminal care

• Expected length of receiving home care < three months

• Not having a television at home

• Clients with a visual impairment (not able to watch the television screen)

• Clients with a physical impairment in such a way, that they are not able to use the telemonitoring system

• Clients with nursing home care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Aging
• Malnutrition
• Undernutrition

Intervention

Other:
• Nutritional telemonitoring
Participants receive a weighing scale, pedometer and television channel in order to perform self-measurements and receive guidance on nutrition and physical activity. Nurses use a website in order to receive telemonitoring measurements and decide about proper follow-up. In case of risk of undernutrition, nurses provide personal advice to optimize nutritional status of the participant.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Netherlands	Wageningen University and Research	Wageningen	Gelderland

Sponsors (12)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Wageningen University	Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Cybermoor, European Union, Habitat @Sante SARL, Meditecnologia SA, Sirlan Technologies SAS, STMicroelectronics Grenoble 2 SAS, Telecom Sante, Universite Paris 13, Viveris Technologies SA, Zorggroep Noordwest-Veluwe

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Netherlands, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Feasibility (qualitative outcome)	Qualitative outcome, measured using the process indicators acceptability, implementation, dose received, applicability. Data on these process indicators are collected using logbooks, semi-structured interviews, and questionnaires with items to be answered on a 5-point likert scale.	12 weeks
Secondary	Behavioural determinants	Measured by a self-developed questionnaire with statements concerning nutrition and physical activity to be answered on a 5-point likert scale.	12 weeks
Secondary	Diet quality (DHD-index)	Measured by Dutch Healthy Diet index (DHD-index)	12 weeks
Secondary	Nutritional status (MNA)	Measured by Mini Nutritional Assessment	12 weeks
Secondary	Appetite (SNAQ)	Measured by Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire	12 weeks
Secondary	Body weight (kg)	Measured by weighing scale of the brand A&D, type UC-411PBT-C	12 weeks
Secondary	Physical functioning (SPPB)	Measured by Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)	12 weeks
Secondary	Functional status (KATZ-15)	Measured by KATZ-15	12 weeks
Secondary	Quality of life (SF-36)	Measured by Short-Form 36	12 weeks

External Links

•   Intervention's website