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NCT Number: NCT04298788

Food Intake and Blue Dishware in Residents Living With Dementia

Blue dishware was alternated with white dishware for lunch and dinner for residents living with dementia. Food consumption occurred in the home dining room and food was weighed before and after consumption to determine proportion consumed. Eating challenges were also noted. Within-participant comparisons were made to determine if food intake and eating challenges improved with the blue dishware condition.

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Key information

Conditions

Food Preferences Behavior Behavior, Animal Eating Behavior Feeding Behavior

Age range

65 year–100 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Riverside Glen

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • living in a residential care environment with dementia
  • informed consent of POA and assent of person living with dementia

Exclusion criteria

  • did not come to the dining room to eat
  • required eating assistance
  • did not live on the study unit

Treatment and study plan

Blue dishware

Other

blue dishware is used for plates and bowls

Primary outcomes

  1. Precent of Food consumed of food served (grams consumed/grams provided)

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    gram weight of food intake as weighed on a calibrated scale

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percent of Meals with an Eating challenge based on an Eating challenges Checklist

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    change in eating challenges from a prespecified list

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Waterloo

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Food Intake and Blue Dishware in Residents Living With Dementia in Retirement Homes

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2020
First posted
Mar 6, 2020
Registry last updated
Mar 6, 2020

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