Preventing Malnutrition Among Older Adults

NCT ID: NCT05860140

Last Updated: 2024-03-20

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

250 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-05-01

Study Completion Date

2026-06-06

Brief Summary

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This project aims to explore whether access to a digital education video can improve the nutritional situation of home-living older adults after being discharged from the hospital.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Malnutrition

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Intervention group

will get access to a six-minute educational video five days after being discharged from the hospital. The video is focusing on protein and energy meals for older adults.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Education video

Intervention Type OTHER

Six minutes long education video focusing on protein and energy meals

Control group

Control group, not given any intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Education video

Six minutes long education video focusing on protein and energy meals

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Orthopedic and surgical in bedded patient patients in a selected regional hospital in Norway.
* Over 65 years old. Have their home address in one of nine selected municipalities in Nordland county.
* home living and due to return home after discharge directly from the hospital or after a short-term training stay at a training centre before returning home.
* Could read and understand Norwegian.
* Have consent competence.
* Have a Body mass index less than 24.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients patients only receiving liquid diet such as tube feeding
* terminal-ill patients
Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Nord University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Monica Christin Hansen

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Monica Christin Hansen

Bodø, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

Other Identifiers

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366924

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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