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Educational Intervention for Better Nutrition to Preserve Functionality - Design of a Randomised Clinical Trial
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Education video.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Malnutrition. Basic parameters: 65 years — 110 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Norway
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
This project explores whether access to a digital education video can improve the nutritional situation of home-living older adults after being discharged from the hospital.
Interventions
- Other Education video
six minute long education video focusing on protein and energy meals for older adults.
Primary outcome measures
- Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 questionaire [Time frame: Change in Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 questionaire after 3 months]
Secondary outcome measures (7)
- Body fat [Time frame: Change in Body mass index after 3 months.]
- Readmissions to hospital after discharge from the hospital [Time frame: Registration of Readmissions 3 months after]
- Muscle strength [Time frame: Change in Hand Grip Strength (muscle strength) after 3 months]
- The mid-arm circumferences [Time frame: Change in the mid-arm cirumferences after three months.]
- Subcutaneous fat [Time frame: Change in Subcutaneous fat after three months.]
- Muscle protein mass [Time frame: Change in Muscle protein mass after 3 months]
- Knowledge about nutrition [Time frame: Registration in a questionaire three months after discharge from the hospital.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Surgical patients embedded in a regional hospital.
- Home-living in one of nine selected municipalities.
- Be able to read and understand Norwegian.
- Have a consent competence.
- Have a body mass index < 24.
- Have access to a digital solution such as a tablet or phone.
Exclusion criteria
- Persons given only a liquid diet.
- Persons in a terminally ill phase.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
Norway · 1 center
- Monica Christin Hansen — Bodø
Publications
- Hansen MC, Uhrenfeldt L, Ingstad K, Pedersen PU. Educational nutritional intervention to prevent loss of health-related quality of life among older adults after a surgical treatment: design of a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2024 Apr 15;25(1):262. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08096-8. PMID 38622729
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05950373 · 366925