The Clinical Study on the Mangrove Sword Bean Food Bar Effect for Older People

Nutrition Disorders in Old Age Clinical Trial

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Official title:

School of Environmental Sciences - University of Indonesia

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05897892
• Other study ID #: SILUI
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: August 20, 2022

Study information

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

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this clinical study is to assess the api-api mangrove sword bean food bar effect on the older people's weight affected by a landslide

The main questions aimed to answer are:

• Can api-api mangrove sword bean food bar improve the weight of older people affected by landslide?

• Can balanced nutrition education increase the older peoples' knowledge?

Participants divided in the two groups i.e.:

• Treatment group received 50 g mangrove sword bean food bar each day during 15 days.

• Control group received 50 g sword bean food bar each day during 15 days.

• Both groups obtained balanced nutrition of older people education once at the first week of study.

Description:

Treatment group received 50 g mangrove sword bean food bar each day during 15 days.

Control group received 50 g sword bean food bar each day during 15 days. Both groups obtained balanced nutrition of older people education once at the first week of study.

Compliance monitoring to control the food compliance by the subjects at two groups through home visit, weight measurement, three days food recall, and food bar distribution checking by trained enumerators.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 31
• Est. completion date: August 20, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: August 15, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 60 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged 60 years old or above

• Male and female

• Living in Cihanjuang Village, Sumedang District, West Java Province Indonesia who affected by the landslide disaster

• Had normal, under-, or over-nutrition status

• Not suffering from chronic diseases or degenerative diseases during the study.

• Willing to avoid consumption of any snacks other than the food bars and plain water.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having difficulty mobilities to run daily basic activities.

• Suffered from infectious and or a chronical diseases.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Disaster
• Nutrition Disorders
• Nutrition Disorders in Old Age

Intervention

Dietary Supplement:
• Clinical study on the mangrove sword bean food bar effect for older people
The treatment group consumed 50 g mangrove sword bean food bar each day during 15 days.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Indonesia	Health integrated post for older people office	Sumedang	West Java

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Indonesia University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Indonesia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Mangrove sword bean food bar on the weight of older people	50 g mangrove sword bean food bar each day given to treatment group. 50 g sword bean food bar each day consumed by the control group. Weight measured by digital weighing SECA by trained enumerator at the first week and the second week of study.	Two weeks
Secondary	Balanced nutrition knowledge of older people	Both groups received the balance nutrition education once at the second week of study.; The knowledge change of older people measured by the baseline and end-line questionnaires by trained enumerators	Two weeks