Is Multifactorial Nutritional Treatment for Undernutrition in Older Adults in Primary Care Cost-effective?
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interventional
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Brief Summary
The hypothesis is that there is a profit potential by implementing a multifactorial nutritional intervention among frail elderly since this will result in an improved nutritional status, functional capacity and improved quality of life.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Jan 2013
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
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Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2013
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 29, 2013
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2013
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
June 10, 2013
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 1, 2013
CompletedDecember 21, 2022
December 1, 2022
5 months
May 29, 2013
December 20, 2022
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Quality of life
EuroQol (EQ-5D) is a questionnaire with five questions to be answered in three categories. The five questions deal of movement, self-care, usual activities, pain / discomfort and anxiety / depression and any problems with this
up to 6 months
Secondary Outcomes (5)
Nutritional status
up to 6 months
Hand grip strength
up to 6 months
Costs
up to 6 months
Activities of Daily Living and cognitive performance
up to 6 months
physical strength
up to 6 months
Study Arms (2)
Multifactorial nutritional intervention
EXPERIMENTALdietician, resistance type exercise, dysphagia assessment and treatment
usual care
NO INTERVENTIONusual care
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Screening for nutritional risk
You may not qualify if:
- terminal condition or do not wish to participate
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Home care and nursing homes
Frederiksberg, 2000, Denmark
Related Publications (3)
Beck AM, Keiding H, Christensen AG, Hansen BS, Svendsen SD, et al. (2015) Multidisciplinary Nutritional Support for Page 2 of 7 Undernutrition in Older Adults in Nursing Home and Home-Care is Cost-Effective. SOJ Nur Health Care 1(1): 1-7.
BACKGROUNDBeck AM, Gogsig Christensen A, Stenbaek Hansen B, Damsbo-Svendsen S, Kreinfeldt Skovgaard Moller T, Boll Hansen E, Keiding H. Study protocol: cost-effectiveness of multidisciplinary nutritional support for undernutrition in older adults in nursing home and home-care: cluster randomized controlled trial. Nutr J. 2014 Aug 28;13:86. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-13-86.
PMID: 25163483RESULTBeck AM, Christensen AG, Hansen BS, Damsbo-Svendsen S, Moller TK. Multidisciplinary nutritional support for undernutrition in nursing home and home-care: A cluster randomized controlled trial. Nutrition. 2016 Feb;32(2):199-205. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2015.08.009. Epub 2015 Sep 3.
PMID: 26553461RESULT
MeSH Terms
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Anne Marie Beck
University of Copenhagen
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Reserarch Director
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 29, 2013
First Posted
June 10, 2013
Study Start
January 1, 2013
Primary Completion
June 1, 2013
Study Completion
July 1, 2013
Last Updated
December 21, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-12