Evaluation of the Applicability of Personalized Tools About Nutrition Education for Malnourished Older People

Malnutrition of Mild Degree Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Evaluation of the Applicability of Personalized Tools About Nutrition Education for Malnourished Older People

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03269500
• Other study ID #: CHUBX 2016/51
• Status: Completed
• Start date: September 5, 2017
• Est. completion date: August 7, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: May 2022
• Source: University Hospital, Bordeaux
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Describe the frequency of use of nutrition education tools for undernourished older people

Description:

The description of the population will identify the characteristics of patients who use the tools and guide their use in patient care. To realize an impact assessment, It necessary to identify specific criteria for inclusion. It is important initially to assess the use of the nutritional tools. The assessment of performance (obstacles and understanding), will be used to improve tools to optimize their use.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 42
• Est. completion date: August 7, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: August 7, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 75 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subject of 75 years or more.

• Hospitalized geriatric day hospital.

• Living at home, within a radius of 40 km around the hospital Xavier Arnozan.

• Subject or caregiver (s) read, understand and speak the french.

• Undernutrition (criteria of the French high authority for health (HAS) 2007)

• Agreed to participate in the study: compendium of the opposition

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subject not wishing to participate in the study,

• MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination) < 20, without presence of a caregiver with no cognitive problems scoring.

• Identified palliative care.

• Presenting a contraindication to oral feeding.

• Presence of supply of enteral or parenteral.

• Presence with a diagnosis of severe psychiatric pathology.

• Already participating in a study on undernutrition.

• One against medical advice.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Malnutrition
• Malnutrition of Mild Degree

Intervention

Other:
• use of nutrition education tools
Use of different nutrition education tools : General advice: feeding seniors Oral supplementation: instructions for use Information about enriched food Food modified in texture: chopped masticatory disorders, chopped swallowing disorders, co-mingled How should I drink? : With stimulus, texture syrup / nectar, velvety texture, texture compote / cream Recipe booklets for people to easily eat (chewing disorders) or recipe with molded texture (swallowing disorders)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Bordeaux University Hospital	Pessac

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Bordeaux

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Frequency of use of the booklet and platelets	number of use per week	Day 14
Secondary	Evaluation of the knowledge following the delivery of the tools	Number of response "Yes" for 24 items about the tools	Day 14
Secondary	Instrumental Activities of Daily Living	Score of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living	Day 1
Secondary	Assessment of quality of life scale	Score of EQ-5D	Day 1