Intellectual Disabilities Nutritional, Intellectual Disability
Conditions
Brief summary
Goal The overall aim of the study is to improve the health of persons with Intellectual disabilities
Detailed description
Purpose There are two main purposes of the study The first is to study the diet and heath of persons with intellectual disabilities. The second is to increase their knowledge on nutrition and health and that of service providers in municipalities housing facilities and to test, in an intervention, the effects of a method for weight reduction in adult persons with intellectual disabilities with overweight and obesity. Physical activity is also an important factor in weight reduction, but this study focuses only on nutrition, to obtain new information on this one factor in weight reduction. A combined study with many changes in a short period of time is very challenging for the group in question. The vision is that results from this study will lead to improved health promotive and preventive services in the municipality in the future, to adult persons with intellectual disabilities and that this study also can have effects on services also for other groups, such as those with the fields of psychiatry and drug problems.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALNudging
Use nudging approach by using smaller plates and glasses and increasing the availability of fruits and vegetables
Sponsors
University of Oslo
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Mild intellectual disability and overweight * Moderate intellectual disability and overweight
Exclusion criteria
* Metabolic diseases * Hypertension * Diabetes
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in body weight by using a nudging approach in adults with intellectual disabilities | One year | 2 kg weight decrease |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in consumption of fruits and vegetables as measured using dietary survey | One year | Dietary change 1 |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in consumption of sugar containing beverages as measured using dietary survey | One year | Dietary change 2 |
Countries
Norway
Outcome results
None listed