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NCT Number: NCT02873858

Elucidation of Sensory Characteristics and Food Preferences in the Elderly

Malnutrition is a frequent problem in persons older than 65 years: the prevalence of malnutrition can reach 25 to 29% in persons living at home who require help, figures vary between 19 and 38% for those living in institutions, and finally, the prevalence of malnutrition in hospitalized elderly patients can reach 30 to 90%. A few studies have attempted to explain modifications in attitudes, behaviour, the frequency of meals or nutritional status in the elderly by a fall in chemosensory sensitivity The aim of this project is to test the hypothesis that perhaps it is not as much the capacity to perceive a smell or a taste that affects eating behaviour in the elderly as their ability to distinguish between smells or tastes on the one hand (perceptual processing), and their ability to correctly interpret a chemosensory signal on the other (cognitive processing).

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Key information

Conditions

Malnutrition Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CHU Dijon Bourgogne

Dijon, 21079, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Persons older than 65 years.
  • Persons with diabetes, heart disease or hypertension stabilized by a treatment.
  • Persons cognitively able to carry out the tests and fill in the questionnaires (Folstein test between 22 and 30).

Exclusion criteria

  • Any person suffering from an acute disease at the time of the test.
  • Any person presenting any allergy whatsoever (food, mites, pollen…).
  • Any person suffering from asthma or severe respiratory disorders (lung cancer, tracheotomy…).
  • Any person presenting anosmia (total loss of olfaction) from birth or following physical trauma (head injury) or due to disease (severe rhinitis).
  • Persons with diabetes, heart disease or hypertension not stabilized by treatment.
  • Any person presenting life expectancy of less than 6 months.

Treatment and study plan

smell and taste tests

Other

Primary outcomes

  1. Indeed the level of dependency of scores at each of the olfactory tests, gustatory and masticatory

    Time frame: Day 1

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon

Other

Registry information

Acronym: AUPALESENS

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Aug 22, 2016
Registry last updated
Aug 22, 2016

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