Effectiveness of Dementia Nutrition Education

NCT ID: NCT06739642

Last Updated: 2024-12-18

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

89 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-01-15

Study Completion Date

2022-12-25

Brief Summary

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Nutritional problems can and do manifest themselves at various stages and with varying degrees of severity. Patients with dementia are at significant risk for weight loss and malnutrition due to the numerous issues that arise during the disease process. Caregivers of patients with dementia face significant challenges in providing nutritional care for their patients due to difficulties with nutrition for physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral reasons.

The following methods were used: This study employed a randomized controlled trial with a pretest-posttest design. The study was conducted with 89 patients and caregivers (45 in the intervention group and 44 in the control group). We collected data from the intervention and control groups before and after the intervention using the Descriptive Information Form, Edinburgh Nutrition Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) Scale, Mini Nutritional Assessment, Dysphagia Assessment Scale in Multiple Sclerosis, and Sarcopenia Screening Test (SARC-F). The intervention group received a standardized educational program for three months. We evaluated the data using percentages, arithmetic means, standard deviations, medians, and interquartile ranges. We analyzed the data using chi-square tests, Mann-Whitney U tests, Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, and intention-to-treat analyses.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Dementia Nutrition Nutrition Deficiency Due to Insufficient Food Nutrition Assessment

Keywords

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Dementia, Caregiving, Nutrition and Feeding Issues, Education and Training, Nursing.

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention

caregivers in the intervention group (n=45) received an individualized educational program intervention

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Education

Intervention Type OTHER

caregivers in the intervention group received an individualized educational program intervention. The content of the educational program was developed by the researcher through a review of the literature and interviews with caregivers. The educational program, during three months, was delivered in 6 sessions of 40 minutes each. The topics of the training content were as follows: 1. General Nutrition Information, 2. Changes Affecting Nutrition During Old Age and Nutrition Principles, 3. Anthropometric Measurements and Scans, 4. Nutritional Problems in the Patient with Dementia, Dementiamendations for Increasing Nutritional Intake in Dementia Patients, 6. Alternatives for Severe Feeding Problems. Covering general topics was held as group education; carried out in two separate groups. Another individual session was planned for caregivers who could not attend the group education program, and the missing topics were completed.

Control

Caregivers in the control group (n=44) continued to receive routine care.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Education

caregivers in the intervention group received an individualized educational program intervention. The content of the educational program was developed by the researcher through a review of the literature and interviews with caregivers. The educational program, during three months, was delivered in 6 sessions of 40 minutes each. The topics of the training content were as follows: 1. General Nutrition Information, 2. Changes Affecting Nutrition During Old Age and Nutrition Principles, 3. Anthropometric Measurements and Scans, 4. Nutritional Problems in the Patient with Dementia, Dementiamendations for Increasing Nutritional Intake in Dementia Patients, 6. Alternatives for Severe Feeding Problems. Covering general topics was held as group education; carried out in two separate groups. Another individual session was planned for caregivers who could not attend the group education program, and the missing topics were completed.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* being a primary caregiver,
* aged\> 18,
* volunteering to participate in the study.


* According to DSM-V criteria, they must have a nutritional disorder, metabolic disorder, or dementia that is not due to systematic diseases
* be fed orally
* have the caregiver/guardian of the patient with dementia voluntarily agree to participate in the research with him/herself and the patient

Exclusion Criteria

-Having a health condition that affects nutrition
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Celal Bayar University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Fatma Uyar Açışlı

Phd, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Public Health Nursing Department

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Manisa Celal Bayar University

Manisa, YUNUSEMRE, Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

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CBU-NURS-FUA-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id