Is Multifactorial Nutritional Treatment for Undernutrition in Older Adults in Primary Care Cost-effective?

Frail Older Adults Clinical Trial

— CES  

Official title:

Is Multifactorial Nutritional Treatment for Undernutrition in Older Adults in Primary Care Cost-effective?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01873456
• Other study ID #: CES1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 2013
• Est. completion date: July 2013

Study information

• Verified date: December 2022
• Source: Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The hypothesis is that there is a profit potential by implementing a multifactorial nutritional intervention among frail elderly since this will result in an improved nutritional status, functional capacity and improved quality of life.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 120
• Est. completion date: July 2013
• Est. primary completion date: June 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Screening for nutritional risk

Exclusion Criteria:

• terminal condition or do not wish to participate

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Frail Older Adults
• Malnutrition

Intervention

Other:
• multifactorial nutritional intervention

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Home care and nursing homes	Frederiksberg

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

References & Publications (3)

Beck AM, Christensen AG, Hansen BS, Damsbo-Svendsen S, Moller TK. Multidisciplinary nutritional support for undernutrition in nursing home and home-care: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Nutrition. 2016 Feb;32(2):199-205. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2015.08. — View Citation

Beck AM, Gogsig Christensen A, Stenbaek Hansen B, Damsbo-Svendsen S, Kreinfeldt Skovgaard Moller T, Boll Hansen E, Keiding H. Study protocol: cost-effectiveness of multidisciplinary nutritional support for undernutrition in older adults in nursing home an — View Citation

Beck AM, Keiding H, Christensen AG, Hansen BS, Svendsen SD, et al. (2015) Multidisciplinary Nutritional Support for Page 2 of 7 Undernutrition in Older Adults in Nursing Home and Home-Care is Cost-Effective. SOJ Nur Health Care 1(1): 1-7.

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Quality of life	EuroQol (EQ-5D) is a questionnaire with five questions to be answered in three categories. The five questions deal of movement, self-care, usual activities, pain / discomfort and anxiety / depression and any problems with this	up to 6 months
Secondary	Nutritional status	Assessment of weight	up to 6 months
Secondary	Hand grip strength	Residents and clients hand grip strength is determined using the dynamometer The dynamometer consists of a narrow handle with two strings as the older must squeezing so hard, they manage three times. The highest value will be used.	up to 6 months
Secondary	Costs	Here is used information on additional costs of nutrition efforts, which on the one hand involves all costs associated with the effort, while on the other hand also be seen on the savings that can be attached to the outcome of the effort. Since the purpose is to illustrate the cost-effectiveness, the net profit on the cost side is also compared with the effect of nutritional intervention in terms of improved quality of life, and hence would be able to shed light on efforts from both resource use and a health effect	up to 6 months
Secondary	Activities of Daily Living and cognitive performance	Data is collected by Means of the resident assessment instrument	up to 6 months
Secondary	physical strength	30 seconds chair stand is used	up to 6 months