Frail Older Adults
Conditions
Brief summary
The hypothesis is that there is a profit potential by implementing a multifactorial nutritional intervention among frail elderly since this will result in an improved nutritional status, functional capacity and improved quality of life.
Interventions
OTHERmultifactorial nutritional intervention
Sponsors
Copenhagen University Hospital at Herlev
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Screening for nutritional risk
Exclusion criteria
* terminal condition or do not wish to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quality of life | up to 6 months | EuroQol (EQ-5D) is a questionnaire with five questions to be answered in three categories. The five questions deal of movement, self-care, usual activities, pain / discomfort and anxiety / depression and any problems with this |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nutritional status | up to 6 months | Assessment of weight |
| Hand grip strength | up to 6 months | Residents and clients hand grip strength is determined using the dynamometer The dynamometer consists of a narrow handle with two strings as the older must squeezing so hard, they manage three times. The highest value will be used. |
| Costs | up to 6 months | Here is used information on additional costs of nutrition efforts, which on the one hand involves all costs associated with the effort, while on the other hand also be seen on the savings that can be attached to the outcome of the effort. Since the purpose is to illustrate the cost-effectiveness, the net profit on the cost side is also compared with the effect of nutritional intervention in terms of improved quality of life, and hence would be able to shed light on efforts from both resource use and a health effect |
| Activities of Daily Living and cognitive performance | up to 6 months | Data is collected by Means of the resident assessment instrument |
| physical strength | up to 6 months | 30 seconds chair stand is used |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed