Feasibility of Nutritional Telemonitoring in Elderly Home Care Patients

Pilot Study to Assess the Feasibility and Potential Impact of Nutritional Telemonitoring in Community Dwelling Elderly People Receiving Home Care

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03211845

Enrollment

Registered

2017-07-07

Start date

2015-05-27

Completion date

2015-11-20

Last updated

2017-07-07

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Conditions

Aging, Undernutrition

Keywords

Ehealth, Older adults, Undernutrition, Feasibility study

Brief summary

An optimal nutritional status is essential for healthy ageing. Telemonitoring might contribute to maintaining or improving nutritional status in elderly people.The objectives of this pilot study are to test the feasibility, acceptability and implementation fidelity of telemonitoring of nutritional parameters in community-dwelling older adults; to test the study procedures for effect evaluation; and to determine the likelihood of achieving desired impact on the primary and secondary outcomes.

Interventions

OTHERNutritional telemonitoring

Participants receive a weighing scale, pedometer and television channel in order to perform self-measurements and receive guidance on nutrition and physical activity. Nurses use a website in order to receive telemonitoring measurements and decide about proper follow-up. In case of risk of undernutrition, nurses provide personal advice to optimize nutritional status of the participant.

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Having a care referral for at least one of the following types of care: * Domestic care * Personal care * Nursing care * Individual or group support

Exclusion criteria

* Severe cognitive impairment (Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) \< 20) * Receiving terminal care * Expected length of receiving home care \< three months * Not having a television at home * Clients with a visual impairment (not able to watch the television screen) * Clients with a physical impairment in such a way, that they are not able to use the telemonitoring system * Clients with nursing home care

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Feasibility (qualitative outcome)	12 weeks	Qualitative outcome, measured using the process indicators acceptability, implementation, dose received, applicability. Data on these process indicators are collected using logbooks, semi-structured interviews, and questionnaires with items to be answered on a 5-point likert scale.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Diet quality (DHD-index)	12 weeks	Measured by Dutch Healthy Diet index (DHD-index)
Nutritional status (MNA)	12 weeks	Measured by Mini Nutritional Assessment
Appetite (SNAQ)	12 weeks	Measured by Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire
Behavioural determinants	12 weeks	Measured by a self-developed questionnaire with statements concerning nutrition and physical activity to be answered on a 5-point likert scale.
Physical functioning (SPPB)	12 weeks	Measured by Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB)
Functional status (KATZ-15)	12 weeks	Measured by KATZ-15
Quality of life (SF-36)	12 weeks	Measured by Short-Form 36
Body weight (kg)	12 weeks	Measured by weighing scale of the brand A&D, type UC-411PBT-C

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026