Sensitivity of Basic Taste in Elderly

Taste Disorders Clinical Trial

— TASTE  

Official title:

Thresholds Analysis of Five Basic Tastes in the Elderly Population

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03196440
• Other study ID #: 49306815.0.0000.0071
• Status: Completed
• Start date: July 7, 2015
• Est. completion date: August 29, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: July 2016
• Source: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to identify the thresholds sensitivity of the five basic tastes in an elderly population and relate to food intake, nutritional status, age, gender and others variables.

Description:

The investigators propose a study of 300 elderly patients to characterize de sensitivity of the four basic tastes, according to the methodology of International Organization for Standardization (1985) and to identify umami taste (Mojet et al. 2001, 2003). This is a cross-sectional study. The length of the inclusion of the study will be 24 months. This study's general objective is: to characterize food intake, nutritional status and identify thresholds for the five basic tastes in an elderly population.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 280
• Est. completion date: August 29, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: August 29, 2019
• Gender: All
• Age group: 60 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 60 years old patient or older, who present oral feeding and the ability to express themselves to perform the sensory analysis tests will be included.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient with fever, flu, cold or some complication in the oral cavity will be excluded, since these factors can interfere in the perception of the tastes and those that do not present conditions to express themselves or deficits of cognition, being excluded the elderly that present result of the application of the Mini Mental under

24. In addition to those who do not agree to sign the Term of Free and Informed Consent.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Taste Disorders

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Ilana Elman Grinberg	São Paulo

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein	Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior.

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

References & Publications (10)

Elman I. Cancer bearer children: Thresholds analysis of basic taste detection and sensivity to 6-n-propylthiouracil. São Paulo; 2005. [Dissertação de Mestrado - Faculdade de Saúde Pública da USP].

Elman I. Characterization of childen with câncer according to sensivity to umami and food consumption. [Tese de Doutorado em Nutrição e Saúde Pública]. São Paulo: Faculdade de Saúde Pública da USP; 2011.

ELMAN, I.. Apoyo nutricional a los ninos con cáncer. Proyecto Felicidade, Washington, p. 43-45, 2006.

ELMAN, I.; GERALDO, A. P. G. ; KARCHER, C. ; SILVA, Maria Elisabeth Machado Pinto e . Caracterização dos limiares de detecção do gosto umami em crianças com e sem câncer. Revista Brasileira de Crescimento e Desenvolvimento Humano, v. 23, p. 136, 2013.

ELMAN, I.; SILVA, Maria Elisabeth Machado Pinto e . Crianças portadoras de câncer: sensibilidade ao PROP. Nutrição em Pauta, São Paulo, v. 4, n.79, p. 19-23, 2006.

ELMAN, I.; SILVA, Maria Elisabeth Machado Pinto e . Crianças portadoras de Leucemia Linfóide Aguda: análise dos limiares de detecção dos gostos básicos segundo sexo. Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia, v. 53, p. 297-303, 2007.

ELMAN, I.; SOARES, N. S. ; SILVA, Maria Elisabeth Machado Pinto e . Análise da Sensibilidade do Gosto Umami em Crianças com Câncer. Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia, v. 56, p. 237-242, 2010

GALDOLFO, Adriana S ; VIEIRA, Maria Aparecida ; ELMAN, I. . Oncologia. In: Ana Paula Alves da Silva; GA Corradi; Patricia Zamberlam. (Org.). Manual de dietas hospitalares em pediatria: Guia de Conduta Nutricional

Grinberg IE, de Mello Franco FG, Machado Pinto-e-Silva ME, Janot Matos LDN. Are there relationships between basic tastes, age, gender and nutritional status in an elderly population? World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2020, 07(02), 285-293

SILVA, Maria Elisabeth Machado Pinto e ; PATON, Ive ; TRIGO, Marlene ; ELMAN, I. . Perfis socioeconômico e nutricional de crianças e adolescentes com câncer. Revista Brasileira de Nutrição Clínica, São Paulo, v. 19, n.3, p. 123-127, 2004.

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Characterization of eldery according to sensitivity to basic tastes second age group and nutritional status	To identify the thresholds for detecting basic tastes in an elderly population and to relate to the age range and nutritional status.	3 years

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