An Innovative Rehabilitating Meals-on-wheels Service for Frail Old People

University of Copenhagen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rehabilitation; Undernutrition

Treatments: Other: rehabilitating meals-on-wheels service

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03889184

DGK

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the project is to assess the beneficial effect of offering frail old people a targeted meals-on-wheels service in 8 weeks in a randomized controlled trial

Full description

The aim of the project is to assess the beneficial effect of offering frail old people a targeted meals-on-wheels service in 8 weeks in a randomized controlled trial. The target group is, respectively old people discharged from an hospital stay, old people referred for exercise rehabilitation in the municipality and old people already receiving meals-on-wheels

Enrollment: 76 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 65+ year,
• able to speak and understand Danish.
• has accepted to participate
• Is discharged from hospital, or
• is referred to exercise rehabilitation in the municipality or
• is receiving meals-on-wheels

Exclusion criteria

• terminal disease,
• living in a nursing home,
• receives a specific diet (e.g. diabetes, dysphagia, vegetarian or vegan)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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76 participants in 2 patient groups

rehabilitating meals-on-wheels service

Experimental group

Description:

the intervention group will for 8 weeks receive a rehabilitating meals-on-wheels service

Treatment:

Other: rehabilitating meals-on-wheels service

Usual care

No Intervention group

Description:

the control group will receive usual care