Effects of a Nutritional Supplementation on the Functional Status of Frail Elders With Low Socioeconomic Status (SES)

NCT ID: NCT01404299

Last Updated: 2012-01-12

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

87 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-08-31

Study Completion Date

2012-01-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether protein-energy nutritional supplementation improves geriatric function in community-dwelling frail older adults of low socioeconomic status.

Detailed Description

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Chronic undernutrition is a common condition in older people, and is clearly an important component of frailty. However, the effect of protein-energy nutritional supplementation on the functional status of frail older people is controversial. Some investigators suggested that, if nutritional or functional status has deteriorated too far, it could be very difficult for single nutritional supplementation to reverse malnutrition progression or functional decline.

The investigators believe one of the reasons for these ineffective results, especially for the community-dwelling frail elderly, may be due to a lack of regard to the socioeconomic status of the study population. For this reason, the investigators recruited a study sample with low socioeconomic status and evaluated the effect of protein-energy nutritional supplementation on their disability scores and physical performance.

Conditions

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Frail

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Supplementary Group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Nutritional Supplementation

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

\- Providing two 200mL per day of commercial liquid formula cans for 12 weeks (additional 400kal of energy, 25g of protein, 9.4g of essential amino acids (60.2% leucine), 400mL of water, and micronutrients per day)

Control Group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

Control

Intervention Type OTHER

\- No intervention, except monthly home visits

Interventions

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Nutritional Supplementation

\- Providing two 200mL per day of commercial liquid formula cans for 12 weeks (additional 400kal of energy, 25g of protein, 9.4g of essential amino acids (60.2% leucine), 400mL of water, and micronutrients per day)

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Control

\- No intervention, except monthly home visits

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Greenbia HP (Dr. Jung's Food Co., Ltd., Korea)

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Older adults over 65 years of age, registered in the National Home Healthcare Service database
* Require more than 5 seconds to perform 3m walking test (Usual Gait Speed \<0.6 m/sec)
* Get less than 24 points on Mini Nutritional Assessment (Mini Nutritional Assessment \<24)

Exclusion Criteria

* Unable to walk or are too functionally deteriorated to receive home health care services
* Who were participating in any kind of exercise program or clinical nutrition program
* who were restricted to a high-protein diet by an internist (i.e., for liver failure or severe renal failure)
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Gangbuk-gu Community Health Center

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr. Chang-O Kim

Home Visit Doctor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Chang-O Kim, M.D, MSW

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Department of District Health Care Service, Gangbuk-gu Community Health Center, Republic of Korea

Locations

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Gangbuk-gu Community Health Center

Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

Site Status

Countries

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South Korea

Other Identifiers

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GCHC_FRAIL

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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