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NCT Number: NCT05950373

Educational Intervention for Better Nutrition to Preserve Functionality - Design of a Randomised Clinical Trial

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

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Key information

Conditions

Malnutrition Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

65 year–110 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Monica Christin Hansen

Bodø, 8020, Norway

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Surgical patients embedded in a regional hospital.
  • Home-living in one of nine selected municipalities.
  • Be able to read and understand Norwegian.
  • Have a consent competence.
  • Have a body mass index < 24.
  • Have access to a digital solution such as a tablet or phone.

Exclusion criteria

  • Persons given only a liquid diet.
  • Persons in a terminally ill phase.

Treatment and study plan

education video

Other

six minute long education video focusing on protein and energy meals for older adults.

Primary outcomes

  1. Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 questionaire

    Time frame: Change in Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 questionaire after 3 months

    Using Rand 36 questionaire. The data from the SF-36 ordinal subscales will be transformed to a ratio scale using the syntax SF-36 manual and will be presented as the results from each of the eight subscales and the two main scales

Secondary outcomes

  1. Body fat

    Time frame: Change in Body mass index after 3 months.

    Body fat will be measured by Body mass index (BMI). Weight (in kg) and height (in cm) will be combined to report BMI in Kg/m2

  2. Readmissions to hospital after discharge from the hospital

    Time frame: Registration of Readmissions 3 months after

    Readmissions after discharge from the hospital will be measured three months after discharge.

  3. Muscle strength

    Time frame: Change in Hand Grip Strength (muscle strength) after 3 months

    Measure Muscle Strength (in Kg) using Hydraulic Hand dynameter for Hand Grip strength in both hands.

  4. The mid-arm circumferences

    Time frame: Change in the mid-arm cirumferences after three months.

    The mid-arm circumferences (MAC) will be measured in cm with a measuring tape. This will be done on the left upper arm measured at the midpoint between the top of the shoulder and the tip of the elbow.

  5. Subcutaneous fat

    Time frame: Change in Subcutaneous fat after three months.

    Subcutaneous fat will be measured by Triceps skinfold thickness (TFS). This will be done in millimetres with a VirtuFits Digital Fat caliper skinfold in the triceps of the left arm.

  6. Muscle protein mass

    Time frame: Change in Muscle protein mass after 3 months

    Muscle protein mass will be measured by the mean arm muscle circumferences (MAMC) calculated to the formula: MAMC (cm) = MAC (cm) - (3,14 X TFS X 0,1)

  7. Knowledge about nutrition

    Time frame: Registration in a questionaire three months after discharge from the hospital.

    Participants' knowledge about nutrition will be measured with a questionaire consisting of three questions related to the education video.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Monica Hansen, Master

CONTACT

[email protected]

0047 75517250

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Nord University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jul 18, 2023
Registry last updated
Apr 3, 2024

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