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Feasibility and Effectiveness of Nutritional Telemonitoring in Community-dwelling Elderly.

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Wageningen University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Aging
Undernutrition

Treatments

Other: Nutritional telemonitoring

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03240094
NL53619.081.15

Details and patient eligibility

About

An optimal nutritional status is essential for healthy ageing. Telemonitoring might contribute to maintaining or improving nutritional status in elderly people.The objectives of this effect study are to test the feasibility and effectiveness of telemonitoring of nutritional parameters in community-dwelling older adults.

Enrollment

213 patients

Sex

All

Ages

65+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Having a care referral for at least one of the following types of care:

  • Domestic care
  • Personal care
  • Nursing care
  • Individual or group support
  • Living in a sheltered home or service flat

Exclusion criteria

  • Severe cognitive impairment (Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) < 20)
  • Receiving terminal care
  • Not having a television at home
  • Clients with a visual impairment (not able to watch the television screen)
  • Clients with a physical impairment in such a way, that they are not able to use the telemonitoring system
  • Clients with nursing home care

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Non-Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

213 participants in 2 patient groups

Nutritional telemonitoring
Experimental group
Description:
Participants in the intervention group receive a telemonitoring intervention, including self-measurements of body weight, nutritional status, appetite, diet quality, and physical activity. Additionally, participants receive guidance on nutrition and physical activity by means of customized and general television messages and/or if necessary personal guidance by a nurse.
Treatment:
Other: Nutritional telemonitoring
Usual care
No Intervention group
Description:
Participants in the control group receive usual care.

Trial contacts and locations

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