Preventing Malnutrition Among Older Adults

Malnutrition Clinical Trial

Official title:

Prevention and Treatment of Malnutrition Among Home-living Older Adults Over 65 Years.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05860140
• Other study ID #: 366924
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: June 6, 2026

Study information

• Verified date: June 2023
• Source: Nord University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This project aims to explore whether access to a digital education video can improve the nutritional situation of home-living older adults after being discharged from the hospital.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 250
• Est. completion date: June 6, 2026
• Est. primary completion date: April 20, 2026
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Orthopedic and surgical in bedded patient patients in a selected regional hospital in Norway.
• Over 65 years old. Have their home address in one of nine selected municipalities in Nordland county.
• home living and due to return home after discharge directly from the hospital or after a short-term training stay at a training centre before returning home.
• Could read and understand Norwegian.
• Have consent competence.
• Have a Body mass index less than 24.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients patients only receiving liquid diet such as tube feeding
• terminal-ill patients

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Malnutrition

Intervention

Other:
• Education video
Six minutes long education video focusing on protein and energy meals

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	Monica Christin Hansen	Bodø

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Nord University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 Questionnaire	Using Rand 36 Questionnaire	Change in Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 Questionnaire after 3 months
Secondary	Body fat	Body fat will be measured by Body mass index (BMI). weight (in kg) and height (in cm) will be combined to report BMI in kg/m^2.	Change in Body mass index after 3 months
Secondary	Readmissions to hospital after discharge from the hospital	Readmissions after discharge from the hospital will be meassured three months after discharge	Registration of Readmissions 3 months after
Secondary	Muscle Strength	Measure Muscle Strength in kg using Saehan Hydraulic Hand Dynometer for Hand Grip strength in both hands.	Change in Hand Grip Strength (muscle strenght) after 3 months
Secondary	The mid-arm circumference	The mid-arm circumference (MAC) will be measured in cm with a measuring tape. This will be done of the left upper arm measured at the midpoint between the tip of the shoulder and the tip of the elbow	Change in The mid-arm circumference after 3 months
Secondary	Subcutaneous fat	Subcutaneous fat will be measured by Triceps skinfold thickness (TFS). This will be done by a in millimetres with a VirtuFits Digital Fat Caliper skinfold in the triceps of the left arm.	Change in Subcutaneous fat after 3 months
Secondary	Muscle protein mass	Muscle protein mass will be measured by the mean arm muscle circumference (MAMC) calculated according to the formula: MAMC (cm) = MAC (cm) - (3,14 X TFS x 0,1)	Change in Muscle protein mass after 3 months