Food Intake and Blue Dishware in Residents Living With Dementia

University of Waterloo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Eating Behavior; Food Preferences

Treatments: Other: Blue dishware

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04298788

ORE40986

Details and patient eligibility

About

Blue dishware was alternated with white dishware for lunch and dinner for residents living with dementia. Food consumption occurred in the home dining room and food was weighed before and after consumption to determine proportion consumed. Eating challenges were also noted. Within-participant comparisons were made to determine if food intake and eating challenges improved with the blue dishware condition.

Enrollment: 18 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• living in a residential care environment with dementia
• informed consent of POA and assent of person living with dementia

Exclusion criteria

• did not come to the dining room to eat
• required eating assistance
• did not live on the study unit

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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18 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

White dishware

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

standard white dishware used in the home

Treatment:

Other: Blue dishware

blue dishware

Experimental group

Description:

specially designed blue dishware, plates and bowls

Treatment:

Other: Blue dishware