Nutritional Intake of "Finger-food" on Elderly People in Seniors's Resident

Nutritive Value Clinical Trial

— FIFO  

Official title:

Nutritional Intake of "Finger-food" on Elderly People in Seniors's Resident

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02925728
• Other study ID #: CHD052-16
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 27, 2016
• Last updated: October 31, 2017
• Start date: February 7, 2017
• Est. completion date: September 25, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: October 2017
• Source: Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The undernourishment and the prevention of its risk at the elderly person in seniors's resident represent a major issue in public health. The diagnosis of undernourishment and its risk are systematically recommended in these structures where the nutrition of these people is a problem because often inappropriate for their capacities of prehension and consequently for their nutritional needs. One of the solutions to remedy can be found in the " finger-food ".

The study FIFO ("Finger-Food") suggests verifying the hypothesis which the finger-food would allow to increase the nutritional intake of the resident who have disorders of the prehension and\or requiring a nutritional stimulation and\or require an help to the preparation of the meal.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 47
• Est. completion date: September 25, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: September 25, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Residents institutionalized in seniors's resident for 3 months at least

• Residents in disability to feed single-handedly because of cognitive and/or physical disorders

• Having at least use of a hand

• Do not opposing the participation in the study or information and not opposition of the family / close to confidence / legal guardian in case of resident in incapacity to understand (senility, insanity)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Confined to bed

• Specific diets (without residue, allergen, …)

• Enteral nutrition

• Absence motricity of 2 hands

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Nutritive Value

Intervention

Other:
• Finger-Food
Finger-Food at lunch and having diner
• Without Finger-Food
Without finger-food

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendée	La Roche sur Yon

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Quantitative measure of ingesta in grams	Quantitative measure of ingesta in grams	Monthly: From date of finger-food's implementation until the date of the end of the study (assessed up to 6 months)