Educational Intervention for Better Nutrition to Preserve Functionality - Design of a Randomised Clinical Trial

Nord University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Malnutrition

Treatments: Other: Education video

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05950373

366925

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 276 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 110 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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276 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

The Intervention group will get access to a six-minute long education video five days after being discharges from the hospital. The video is focusing on protein and energy meals for older adults. The educational film is available via a link on a tablet/ computer or mobile phone. The education video vil only be given one time.

Treatment:

Other: Education video

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will not be given any intervention.