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NCT Number: NCT02925728

Nutritional Intake of "Finger-food" on Elderly People in Seniors's Resident

The undernourishment and the prevention of its risk at the elderly person in seniors's resident represent a major issue in public health. The diagnosis of undernourishment and its risk are systematically recommended in these structures where the nutrition of these people is a problem because often inappropriate for their capacities of prehension and consequently for their nutritional needs. One of the solutions to remedy can be found in the " finger-food ".

The study FIFO ("Finger-Food") suggests verifying the hypothesis which the finger-food would allow to increase the nutritional intake of the resident who have disorders of the prehension and\\or requiring a nutritional stimulation and\\or require an help to the preparation of the meal.

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Key information

Conditions

Nutritive Value

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendée

La Roche-sur-Yon, 85925, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Residents institutionalized in seniors's resident for 3 months at least
  • Residents in disability to feed single-handedly because of cognitive and/or physical disorders
  • Having at least use of a hand
  • Do not opposing the participation in the study or information and not opposition of the family / close to confidence / legal guardian in case of resident in incapacity to understand (senility, insanity)

Exclusion criteria

  • Confined to bed
  • Specific diets (without residue, allergen, …)
  • Enteral nutrition
  • Absence motricity of 2 hands

Treatment and study plan

Finger-Food

Other

Finger-Food at lunch and having diner

Without Finger-Food

Other

Without finger-food

Primary outcomes

  1. Quantitative Measure of Ingesta

    Time frame: Monthly: From date of finger-food's implementation until the date of the end of the study (assessed up to 6 months)

    Quantitative measure of ingesta (calorie and protein intake)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee

Other

Registry information

Acronym: FIFO

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Oct 6, 2016
Registry last updated
Aug 15, 2024

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