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

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)

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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.