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NCT number NCT03133364
Other study ID # H-17002835
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received April 25, 2017
Last updated January 19, 2018
Start date May 17, 2017
Est. completion date August 8, 2017

Study information

Verified date January 2018
Source University of Copenhagen
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Meals-on wheels may play a major role in contributing to better nourishment and quality of life in older people, thus delaying costly hospitalisation. Still, dwelling, old adults who receive meals-on-wheels are a population at risk of undernutrition leading to a decreased quality of life.

Hypothesis Offering nutritious ELDORADO meals as meals-on-wheels to nursing home residents in 3 months is an effective way to increase quality of life.

Aim To improve quality of life and functional abilities in nursing home residents by offering nutritious ELDORADO meals.


Description:

Intervention The intervention group (n=50) will receive an optimized menu (in both sensory and nutritious aspects) for 12 weeks. In cooperation with the Copenhagen house of food and sensory staff, 19 main meals and 12 between-meals have been optimized based on nursing home residents' evaluations of sensory aspects. On a daily basis the menu will consist of 1 optimized main meal and 1 optimized between-meal, served for dinner. There will be no selective choice for the elderly. If a participant does not want the daily meal, he will receive another meal from the ordinary menu from the kitchen.

Control In comparison, the control group (n=50) will receive the same menu as the intervention group, however, the meals are not optimized on sensory and nutritious aspects. On a daily basis this menu also includes 1 main meal and 1 between-meal in 12 weeks. If a participant does not want the daily meal, he will receive another meal from the ordinary menu from the kitchen.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 52
Est. completion date August 8, 2017
Est. primary completion date August 8, 2017
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 65 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Living at Skovhuset, nursing home in Hillerød municipality, Denmark.

- Collecting the "energy-dense diet" "ældrekost" with 40 % fat, with a main meal and a dessert/starter.

- Able to understand and follow instructions for the procedures of the study.

- Above 65 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Have chewing or swallowing difficulties.

- Have acute disease or acute change in chronic disease.

- Living after special nutritional standards e.g. vegetarian, have any food allergies, or if a participant is excluding common foods from their diet because of other reasons.

- Not able or willing to give informed consent.

Study Design


Intervention

Other:
Sensory optimized meals
19 main meals and 12 between-meals are optimized and composed to a menu for 12 weeks.

Locations

Country Name City State
Denmark Skovhuset, nursing home Hillerod

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Copenhagen Herlev and Gentofte Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Health related quality of life (EQ-5D-3L) (EQ-5D-3L) is a standardized instrument for use as a measure of health outcome. The EQ-5D-3L descriptive system comprises the following 5 dimensions (5D): mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has 3 levels (3L): no problems (1 point), some problems (2 points), extreme problems (3 points).
This gives a total of 245 different health states, adding unconscious and dead.
12 weeks
Secondary MMSE (mini mental status) MMSE-test (mental function) MMSE is the most frequently used cognitive screening test, and has been developed with the aim of measuring cognitive abilities in the elderly and possibly changes in cognitive functioning over time. 12 weeks
Secondary Hand grip strenght Hand Grip Strenght (HGS) is valid as a measure of mobility in both healthy people and patients and is associated with both physical (strenght of function) and mental (quality of life) aspects of the participant.
HGS will be measured (in kg) with a Jamar 5030J1 Hydraulic Hand Dynanometer. It displays grip force up to 90 kg.
12 weeks
Secondary Chair stand By means of the modified 30 seconds chair-stand. Participants are asked to fold their arms across their chest and to stand up and sit down on a chair, as many times as possible during 30 seconds. The seat should be a height of at least 43 cm. In the modified version the arm rests are used for assistance or safety. 12 weeks
Secondary Diet registration In this study four days of diet registration will be done both in the intervention period and the control period on each participant to compare the energy and protein intake at the ordinary diet and at the project diet (intervention or control). 4 days
Secondary Satisfaction with food related life (SWFL) SWFL consist of five items that can be measured independently, or grouped into a single dimension. The participants evaluate their degree of agreement, with five statements of answer possibilities (from disagree completely to agree completely), and a higher level means a better SWFL score. 12 weeks
Secondary Weight The body weight of the participant is measured in the morning in the participants' home on a bathroom scale. 12 weeks
Secondary Height Height will be measured with a folding ruler. 12 weeks
Secondary EVS The Eating Validation Scheme (EVS) is a Danish nutritional assessment chart, used to assess nutritional intake and risk factors. 12 weeks
Secondary Liking During an evening meal participants will evaluate sensory parameters of the side course and the main meal (appearance, taste and texture) with the counseling of a research assistant.
A 5-point hedonic scale ranging from 1 (dislike very much) to 5 (like very much) with the medium response either like or dislike was chosen.
One month in the middle of the intervention
Secondary Compliance A compliance sheet (compliance-week-schedule) of each week will be done to register how many times of the week the participant has eaten the project meals and how many times they have eaten something else from the ordinal menu (due to dislike of the ordinal menu or other reasons). 12 weeks
Secondary Observations of meals In order to identify differences in the way the meal is handled and served an observational visit is done on the eight departments of the nursing home. The scheme includes six items:
Preparation of the dinner,
Tableware and serving,
Presentation of the dinner,
The food and side dishes,
The ambiance during dinner,
The role of the staff during dinner. Differences or coincidences from the observations will be found and used as background information to describe the meal situation.
One month in the middle of the intervention
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