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NCT Number: NCT03269500

Evaluation of the Applicability of Personalized Tools About Nutrition Education for Malnourished Older People

Describe the frequency of use of nutrition education tools for undernourished older people

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Key information

Conditions

Malnutrition of Mild Degree

Age range

75 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Bordeaux University Hospital

Pessac, 33600, France

About this study

The description of the population will identify the characteristics of patients who use the tools and guide their use in patient care. To realize an impact assessment, It necessary to identify specific criteria for inclusion. It is important initially to assess the use of the nutritional tools. The assessment of performance (obstacles and understanding), will be used to improve tools to optimize their use.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Subject of 75 years or more.
  • Hospitalized geriatric day hospital.
  • Living at home, within a radius of 40 km around the hospital Xavier Arnozan.
  • Subject or caregiver (s) read, understand and speak the french.
  • Undernutrition (criteria of the French high authority for health (HAS) 2007)
  • Agreed to participate in the study: compendium of the opposition

Exclusion criteria

  • Subject not wishing to participate in the study,
  • MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination) < 20, without presence of a caregiver with no cognitive problems scoring.
  • Identified palliative care.
  • Presenting a contraindication to oral feeding.
  • Presence of supply of enteral or parenteral.
  • Presence with a diagnosis of severe psychiatric pathology.
  • Already participating in a study on undernutrition.
  • One against medical advice.

Treatment and study plan

use of nutrition education tools

Other

Use of different nutrition education tools :

  • General advice: feeding seniors
  • Oral supplementation: instructions for use
  • Information about enriched food
  • Food modified in texture: chopped masticatory disorders, chopped swallowing disorders, co-mingled
  • How should I drink? : With stimulus, texture syrup / nectar, velvety texture, texture compote / cream
  • Recipe booklets for people to easily eat (chewing disorders) or recipe with molded texture (swallowing disorders)

Primary outcomes

  1. Frequency of use of the booklet and platelets

    Time frame: Day 14

    number of use per week

Secondary outcomes

  1. Evaluation of the knowledge following the delivery of the tools

    Time frame: Day 14

    Number of response "Yes" for 24 items about the tools

  2. Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

    Time frame: Day 1

    Score of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living

  3. Assessment of quality of life scale

    Time frame: Day 1

    Score of EQ-5D

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University Hospital, Bordeaux

Other

Registry information

Acronym: AlimAge

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Aug 31, 2017
Registry last updated
May 13, 2022

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