Elucidation of Sensory Characteristics and Food Preferences in the Elderly

NCT02873858 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: PFITZENMEYER 2010
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 611
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Malnutrition is a frequent problem in persons older than 65 years: the prevalence of malnutrition can reach 25 to 29% in persons living at home who require help, figures vary between 19 and 38% for those living in institutions, and finally, the prevalence of malnutrition in hospitalized elderly patients can reach 30 to 90%. A few studies have attempted to explain modifications in attitudes, behaviour, the frequency of meals or nutritional status in the elderly by a fall in chemosensory sensitivity The aim of this project is to test the hypothesis that perhaps it is not as much the capacity to perceive a smell or a taste that affects eating behaviour in the elderly as their ability to distinguish between smells or tastes on the one hand (perceptual processing), and their ability to correctly interpret a chemosensory signal on the other (cognitive processing).

Conditions

Malnutrition

Keywords

elderly

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Indeed the level of dependency of scores at each of the olfactory tests, gustatory and masticatory

  Day 1

Study Arms (4)

1.independent patients

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Other: smell and taste tests

2. less mobile patients

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: smell and taste tests

patient in a residence

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: smell and taste tests

patients in a home for the elderly (EHPAD)

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: smell and taste tests

Interventions

smell and taste tests OTHER

1.independent patients; 2. less mobile patients; patient in a residence; patients in a home for the elderly (EHPAD)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Persons older than 65 years.
• Persons with diabetes, heart disease or hypertension stabilized by a treatment.
• Persons cognitively able to carry out the tests and fill in the questionnaires (Folstein test between 22 and 30).

You may not qualify if:

• Any person suffering from an acute disease at the time of the test.
• Any person presenting any allergy whatsoever (food, mites, pollen…).
• Any person suffering from asthma or severe respiratory disorders (lung cancer, tracheotomy…).
• Any person presenting anosmia (total loss of olfaction) from birth or following physical trauma (head injury) or due to disease (severe rhinitis).
• Persons with diabetes, heart disease or hypertension not stabilized by treatment.
• Any person presenting life expectancy of less than 6 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon: lead

Study Sites (1)

CHU Dijon Bourgogne

Dijon, 21079, France

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Malnutrition

Interventions

Smell

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sensation; Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 4, 2016
• First Posted: August 22, 2016
• Study Start: December 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2011
• Study Completion: July 1, 2011
• Last Updated: August 22, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-07

Locations

FR (1)