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NCT Number: NCT03211845

Feasibility of Nutritional Telemonitoring in Elderly Home Care Patients

An optimal nutritional status is essential for healthy ageing. Telemonitoring might contribute to maintaining or improving nutritional status in elderly people.The objectives of this pilot study are to test the feasibility, acceptability and implementation fidelity of telemonitoring of nutritional parameters in community-dwelling older adults; to test the study procedures for effect evaluation; and to determine the likelihood of achieving desired impact on the primary and secondary outcomes.

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Key information

Conditions

Undernutrition Aging 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

Wageningen University and Research

Wageningen, Gelderland, 6700 AA, Netherlands

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Having a care referral for at least one of the following types of care:

  • Domestic care
  • Personal care
  • Nursing care
  • Individual or group support

Exclusion criteria

  • Severe cognitive impairment (Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) < 20)
  • Receiving terminal care
  • Expected length of receiving home care < three months
  • Not having a television at home
  • Clients with a visual impairment (not able to watch the television screen)
  • Clients with a physical impairment in such a way, that they are not able to use the telemonitoring system
  • Clients with nursing home care

Treatment and study plan

Nutritional telemonitoring

Other

Participants receive a weighing scale, pedometer and television channel in order to perform self-measurements and receive guidance on nutrition and physical activity. Nurses use a website in order to receive telemonitoring measurements and decide about proper follow-up. In case of risk of undernutrition, nurses provide personal advice to optimize nutritional status of the participant.

Primary outcomes

  1. Feasibility (qualitative outcome)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Qualitative outcome, measured using the process indicators acceptability, implementation, dose received, applicability. Data on these process indicators are collected using logbooks, semi-structured interviews, and questionnaires with items to be answered on a 5-point likert scale.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Behavioural determinants

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Measured by a self-developed questionnaire with statements concerning nutrition and physical activity to be answered on a 5-point likert scale.

  2. Diet quality (DHD-index)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Measured by Dutch Healthy Diet index (DHD-index)

  3. Nutritional status (MNA)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Measured by Mini Nutritional Assessment

  4. Appetite (SNAQ)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Measured by Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire

  5. Body weight (kg)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Measured by weighing scale of the brand A&D, type UC-411PBT-C

  6. Physical functioning (SPPB)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Measured by Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)

  7. Functional status (KATZ-15)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Measured by KATZ-15

  8. Quality of life (SF-36)

    Time frame: 12 weeks

    Measured by Short-Form 36

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Wageningen University

Other

Collaborators

  • Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa
  • Cybermoor Ltd
  • European Union
  • Habitat Health Environment
  • Meditecnologia SA
  • STMicroelectronics Grenoble 2 SAS
  • Sirlan Technologies SAS
  • Telecom Sante
  • Universite Paris 13
  • Viveris Technologies SA
  • Zorggroep Noordwest-Veluwe

Registry information

Official study title

Pilot Study to Assess the Feasibility and Potential Impact of Nutritional Telemonitoring in Community Dwelling Elderly People Receiving Home Care

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Jul 7, 2017
Registry last updated
Jul 7, 2017

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