Assessment of Food Practices by Residents in Nursing Homes (ARC2)

Civil Hospices of Lyon

Status: Completed

Conditions: Malnutrition

Treatments: Other: observation and interview of residents

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02626078

69HCL14_0433

Details and patient eligibility

About

Nutrition is an essential component of health and a key determinant of aging and quality of life of individuals. Malnutrition in the elderly is now recognized as a public health problem affecting nearly half of residents in nursing homes. The fight against malnutrition requires to rethink the meal in all its dimensions, beyond the nutritional needs. In order to improve practices of care at the elderly, the impact of environmental and social aspects of food in nursing homes has been assessed. The social environment and interactions during the meals are now identified as effective ways to stimulate food intake and increase feelings of well-being in the elderly.

The objectives of the study are to characterize the appreciation of food and social interactions during the meals and to study the relationships between the quality of food practices and nutritional status of the residents in nursing homes to improve their quality of life.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men or women living in nursing homes
• Person able to consent and understand the study
• Person able to converse in French, answer to a questionnaire
• Person feeding orally with or without assistance
• Person having lunch in community
• Availability of assessment criteria in the medical file

Exclusion criteria

• Person with cachexia syndrome
• Person with severe dementia (MMS <20)
• Dependent person (GIR score 1 and 2)
• Person with severe disorders of neurological origin swallowing
• Person under artificial nutrition (enteral, parenteral)
• Person with acute infectious disease
• Person with unstable medical or psychological conditions that could lead to be non receptive or uncooperative during the study or could compromise the security or the participation of the subject in the study
• Person under trusteeship or deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative decision
• at the end of life

Trial design

46 participants in 1 patient group

observation and interview of residents

Description:

residents will be observed over lunch and an interview will be held with each resident after lunch

Treatment:

Other: observation and interview of residents