Malnutrition
Conditions
Keywords
Older adults, Diseases-related malnutrition, Educational video
Brief summary
This project explores 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 minute long education video focusing on protein and energy meals for older adults.
Sponsors
Nord University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE (Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to 110 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Surgical patients embedded in a regional hospital. * Home-living in one of nine selected municipalities. * Be able to read and understand Norwegian. * Have a consent competence. * Have a body mass index \< 24. * Have access to a digital solution such as a tablet or phone.
Exclusion criteria
* Persons given only a liquid diet. * Persons in a terminally ill phase.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 questionaire | Change in Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 questionaire after 3 months | Using Rand 36 questionaire. The data from the SF-36 ordinal subscales will be transformed to a ratio scale using the syntax SF-36 manual and will be presented as the results from each of the eight subscales and the two main scales |
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 measured three months after discharge. |
| Muscle strength | Change in Hand Grip Strength (muscle strength) after 3 months | Measure Muscle Strength (in Kg) using Hydraulic Hand dynameter for Hand Grip strength in both hands. |
| The mid-arm circumferences | Change in the mid-arm cirumferences after three months. | The mid-arm circumferences (MAC) will be measured in cm with a measuring tape. This will be done on the left upper arm measured at the midpoint between the top of the shoulder and the tip of the elbow. |
| 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/m2 |
| Muscle protein mass | Change in Muscle protein mass after 3 months | Muscle protein mass will be measured by the mean arm muscle circumferences (MAMC) calculated to the formula: MAMC (cm) = MAC (cm) - (3,14 X TFS X 0,1) |
| Knowledge about nutrition | Registration in a questionaire three months after discharge from the hospital. | Participants' knowledge about nutrition will be measured with a questionaire consisting of three questions related to the education video. |
| Subcutaneous fat | Change in Subcutaneous fat after three months. | Subcutaneous fat will be measured by Triceps skinfold thickness (TFS). This will be done in millimetres with a VirtuFits Digital Fat caliper skinfold in the triceps of the left arm. |
Countries
Norway
Contacts
Primary ContactMonica Hansen, Master
Outcome results
None listed