Effect of a Senior-Friendly Food Package for Community-Dwelling Older Adults

A Field Implementation Study on Providing Senior-Friendly Food Packages to Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0011666

Enrollment

160

Registered

2026-02-27

Start date

2024-04-25

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-03-02

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Others(Provision of Senior-Friendly Food Packages) : Intervention Group: Participants will receive senior-friendly food packages for 12 weeks (3 times per week). Control Group: Participants will rece

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Individuals aged 65 years or older enrolled in the Customized Care Service Able to independently prepare or cook food Living in a household equipped with basic kitchen appliances (refrigerator, gas stove) and utensils (pots, dishes) No prior experience with senior-friendly certified foods

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Individuals with prior experience consuming senior-friendly certified foods (excluded to ensure accurate assessment of acceptability in this study) Individuals without proper refrigerator or freezer storage facilities at home (excluded due to potential quality degradation of senior-friendly food products during storage) Individuals unable to perform cooking tasks (excluded because semi-prepared senior-friendly food items require basic cooking before consumption)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Physical Function Assessment: Frailty ; Nutritional Assessment: Dietary intake and nutrient status; Oral Health and Swallowing Function: Oral Health Impact Index, Swallowing Disability Index ; Clinical Assessment: Blood analysis and blood pressure;Psychosocial Health: Loneliness, depression, social support, and quality of life	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Physical Function Assessment: Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) ;Oral Health and Swallowing Function: Oral health status ;Nutritional Assessment: Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) and Nutrition Quotient for the Elderly (NQ-E) ;Clinical Assessment: Anthropometric measurements ; Psychosocial Health: Resilience	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public Contactlee sangju

DONG-EUI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

sangju01@dit.ac.kr+82-51-860-3282

Outcome results