FoodnGo-Empower: A Feasibility Study of Physical Activities and Nutrition of Older Patients by the Use of Technology
NCT ID: NCT02703441
Last Updated: 2016-09-30
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
38 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2015-05-31
2016-07-31
Brief Summary
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The prototype was developed in 2013. The project is a collaboration between departement of internal medicine in Copenhagen University Hospital, one local municipality and a private it-company. The technology is a tablet computer, used by elderly patients to order and register food intake during hospitalization. The tablet is also used to get inspiration for physical activities during hospital admission and after discharge and for registration of physical activities.
The aim of this study is to test if an adjusted version of the Food´n´Go technology through active involvement of the elderly patient can prevent weightloss and loss of muscle strength during hospitalization and after discharge.
Detailed Description
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The research and innovation programme Food´n´Go - Empower aims to develop, test and implement health technology solutions for involvement and increased empowerment of elderly patients and their relatives. The focus is on frequent issues for this group of patients, in this phase focusing on nutrition and physical activity. Later, the solution will include pain management, management of sleep problems, medication management, prevention of confusion and coordination of the treatment and care course across sectorial borders. The technology is a tablet- computer, operated by the patient by means of a number of app-like software applications.
In the summer 2013 the programme received a grant from the Capitol Region's Public-Private-Innovation (OPI) pool for design and development of the prototype. In 2014 the prototype for nutrition was tested in a feasibility study. Usability and acceptability was tested in the patients' own home, as well as the effect of the nutrition intervention, after discharge from hospital (see protocol 10/16/2014).
The results were promising, and the aim is now to test the technology for supporting both nutrition and physical activity across sectorial boundaries. The elderly patient will operate the tablet during admission and after discharge, continuing the efforts aimed at nutrition and physical activity during the stay at a rehabilitation centre 5 to 6 weeks after discharge. The working hypothesis is: Functional ability and nutritional status will be stabilized or improved, and readmissions and dependency of municipal services will be reduced.
The aim of this study is:
1. to test if an adjusted version of the Food´n´Go technology through active involvement of the elderly patient can prevent weight loss and loss of muscle strength during hospitalization and after discharge
2. to develop and test the technology in relation to stability, applicability and acceptability
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Intervention: Tablet computer
Patients from the local municipality, planned to be discharged to a rehabilitation stay at the municipality training centre receive a tablet computer. The patient will be introduced to the tablet and informed about the nutritional and mobilisation intervention based on his/her individual needs and preferences. The patient and the research assistant will jointly prepare an individual plan for nutrition and physical activity The patient uses the tablet for ordering meals, registering dietary intake, viewing his/her instruction videos for the activity programme and registering physical activity during hospital admission and at the training centre up to 6 weeks after discharge from hospital.
Tablet computer
Patients randomized to the intervention group will receive a tablet computer with an app-like software solution supporting nutrition and physical activity. The patients operate the computer and order their meals from the hospital menu; register dietary intake, and receive feedback informing about their current status for protein and energy intake. Likewise, the patients use small series of brief videos instructing in daily life activities for strengthening their muscles. After this, they register their performed activities and will receive informing and motivating feedback. Nudging and prompting is part of the solution.
Control group
Patients in the control group receive usual care during their hospital stay and after discharge at the municipality training centre. Data are recorded at baseline and 6 and 12 weeks after discharge.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Tablet computer
Patients randomized to the intervention group will receive a tablet computer with an app-like software solution supporting nutrition and physical activity. The patients operate the computer and order their meals from the hospital menu; register dietary intake, and receive feedback informing about their current status for protein and energy intake. Likewise, the patients use small series of brief videos instructing in daily life activities for strengthening their muscles. After this, they register their performed activities and will receive informing and motivating feedback. Nudging and prompting is part of the solution.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Planned to be discharged to a temporary stay at the municipality training centre
* Body Mass Index ≤ 20
* Patient experienced problems with solving daily physical activities
* Minimal Mental State Examination (MMSE) ≥24
* Able to operate the computer
* Able to collaborate in the physical activities
* Has a relative who is willing to be supportive
Exclusion Criteria
* Patients who are not able to communicate or do not understand danish
65 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Tachista
UNKNOWN
Herlev Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Tove Lindhardt Damsgaard
senior researcher
Principal Investigators
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Tove L. Damsgaaard, Ph.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Herlev Hospital
Locations
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Department of Internal Medicine, Copenhagen University Herlev
Herlev, , Denmark
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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H-O-FNG-2015-1
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id