Nutritional Intake of "Finger-food" on Elderly People in Seniors's Resident

NCT02925728 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: CHD052-16
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 47
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The undernourishment and the prevention of its risk at the elderly person in seniors's resident represent a major issue in public health. The diagnosis of undernourishment and its risk are systematically recommended in these structures where the nutrition of these people is a problem because often inappropriate for their capacities of prehension and consequently for their nutritional needs. One of the solutions to remedy can be found in the " finger-food ". The study FIFO ("Finger-Food") suggests verifying the hypothesis which the finger-food would allow to increase the nutritional intake of the resident who have disorders of the prehension and\\or requiring a nutritional stimulation and\\or require an help to the preparation of the meal.

Conditions

Nutritive Value

Keywords

Finger-Food

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Quantitative Measure of Ingesta

  Quantitative measure of ingesta (calorie and protein intake)

  Monthly: From date of finger-food's implementation until the date of the end of the study (assessed up to 6 months)

Study Arms (2)

Nutrition with Finger-Food

EXPERIMENTAL

Nutrition with Finger-Food

Other: Finger-Food

Nutrition without Finger-Food

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Nutrition without Finger-Food

Other: Without Finger-Food

Interventions

Finger-Food OTHER

Finger-Food at lunch and having diner

Nutrition with Finger-Food

Without Finger-Food OTHER

Without finger-food

Nutrition without Finger-Food

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Residents institutionalized in seniors's resident for 3 months at least
• Residents in disability to feed single-handedly because of cognitive and/or physical disorders
• Having at least use of a hand
• Do not opposing the participation in the study or information and not opposition of the family / close to confidence / legal guardian in case of resident in incapacity to understand (senility, insanity)

You may not qualify if:

• Confined to bed
• Specific diets (without residue, allergen, …)
• Enteral nutrition
• Absence motricity of 2 hands

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee: lead

Study Sites (1)

Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendée

La Roche-sur-Yon, 85925, France

Location

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Sylvie VERBRUGGHE
• Organization: Centre Hospitalier Départemental Vendée

sylvie.verbrugghe@ght85.fr

0251446161

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 27, 2016
• First Posted: October 6, 2016
• Study Start: February 7, 2017
• Primary Completion: September 25, 2017
• Study Completion: September 25, 2017
• Last Updated: August 15, 2024
• Results First Posted: August 15, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-03

Locations

FR (1)