Food Intake and Blue Dishware in Residents Living With Dementia

Eating Behavior Clinical Trial

Official title:

Food Intake and Blue Dishware in Residents Living With Dementia in Retirement Homes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04298788
• Other study ID #: ORE40986
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: February 1, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: March 2020
• Source: University of Waterloo
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Blue dishware was alternated with white dishware for lunch and dinner for residents living with dementia. Food consumption occurred in the home dining room and food was weighed before and after consumption to determine proportion consumed. Eating challenges were also noted. Within-participant comparisons were made to determine if food intake and eating challenges improved with the blue dishware condition.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 18
• Est. completion date: February 1, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: September 30, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years to 100 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• living in a residential care environment with dementia

• informed consent of POA and assent of person living with dementia

Exclusion Criteria:

• did not come to the dining room to eat

• required eating assistance

• did not live on the study unit

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dementia
• Eating Behavior
• Food Preferences

Intervention

Other:
• Blue dishware
blue dishware is used for plates and bowls

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Riverside Glen	Guelph	Ontario

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Waterloo

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Precent of Food consumed of food served (grams consumed/grams provided)	gram weight of food intake as weighed on a calibrated scale	8 weeks
Secondary	Percent of Meals with an Eating challenge based on an Eating challenges Checklist	change in eating challenges from a prespecified list	8 weeks