Malnutrition
Conditions
Keywords
older adults, Disease-related malnutrition, Educational video
Brief summary
This project aims to explore whether access to a digital education video can improve the nutritional situation of home-living older adults after being discharged from the hospital.
Interventions
OTHEREducation video
Six minutes long education video focusing on protein and energy meals
Sponsors
Nord University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Orthopedic and surgical in bedded patient patients in a selected regional hospital in Norway. * Over 65 years old. Have their home address in one of nine selected municipalities in Nordland county. * home living and due to return home after discharge directly from the hospital or after a short-term training stay at a training centre before returning home. * Could read and understand Norwegian. * Have consent competence. * Have a Body mass index less than 24.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients patients only receiving liquid diet such as tube feeding * terminal-ill patients
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 Questionnaire | Change in Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 Questionnaire after 3 months | Using Rand 36 Questionnaire |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Readmissions to hospital after discharge from the hospital | Registration of Readmissions 3 months after | Readmissions after discharge from the hospital will be meassured three months after discharge |
| Muscle Strength | Change in Hand Grip Strength (muscle strenght) after 3 months | Measure Muscle Strength in kg using Saehan Hydraulic Hand Dynometer for Hand Grip strength in both hands. |
| Body fat | Change in Body mass index after 3 months | Body fat will be measured by Body mass index (BMI). weight (in kg) and height (in cm) will be combined to report BMI in kg/m\^2. |
| Subcutaneous fat | Change in Subcutaneous fat after 3 months | Subcutaneous fat will be measured by Triceps skinfold thickness (TFS). This will be done by a in millimetres with a VirtuFits Digital Fat Caliper skinfold in the triceps of the left arm. |
| Muscle protein mass | Change in Muscle protein mass after 3 months | Muscle protein mass will be measured by the mean arm muscle circumference (MAMC) calculated according to the formula: MAMC (cm) = MAC (cm) - (3,14 X TFS x 0,1) |
| The mid-arm circumference | Change in The mid-arm circumference after 3 months | The mid-arm circumference (MAC) will be measured in cm with a measuring tape. This will be done of the left upper arm measured at the midpoint between the tip of the shoulder and the tip of the elbow |
Countries
Norway
Outcome results
None listed