Malnutrition of Mild Degree
Conditions
Brief summary
Describe the frequency of use of nutrition education tools for undernourished older people
Detailed description
The description of the population will identify the characteristics of patients who use the tools and guide their use in patient care. To realize an impact assessment, It necessary to identify specific criteria for inclusion. It is important initially to assess the use of the nutritional tools. The assessment of performance (obstacles and understanding), will be used to improve tools to optimize their use.
Interventions
OTHERuse of nutrition education tools
Use of different nutrition education tools : * General advice: feeding seniors * Oral supplementation: instructions for use * Information about enriched food * Food modified in texture: chopped masticatory disorders, chopped swallowing disorders, co-mingled * How should I drink? : With stimulus, texture syrup / nectar, velvety texture, texture compote / cream * Recipe booklets for people to easily eat (chewing disorders) or recipe with molded texture (swallowing disorders)
Sponsors
University Hospital, Bordeaux
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
75 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Subject of 75 years or more. * Hospitalized geriatric day hospital. * Living at home, within a radius of 40 km around the hospital Xavier Arnozan. * Subject or caregiver (s) read, understand and speak the french. * Undernutrition (criteria of the French high authority for health (HAS) 2007) * Agreed to participate in the study: compendium of the opposition
Exclusion criteria
* Subject not wishing to participate in the study, * MMSE (Mini Mental State Examination) \< 20, without presence of a caregiver with no cognitive problems scoring. * Identified palliative care. * Presenting a contraindication to oral feeding. * Presence of supply of enteral or parenteral. * Presence with a diagnosis of severe psychiatric pathology. * Already participating in a study on undernutrition. * One against medical advice.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency of use of the booklet and platelets | Day 14 | number of use per week |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of the knowledge following the delivery of the tools | Day 14 | Number of response Yes for 24 items about the tools |
| Instrumental Activities of Daily Living | Day 1 | Score of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living |
| Assessment of quality of life scale | Day 1 | Score of EQ-5D |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed