Food Intake and Blue Dishware in Residents Living With Dementia

NCT04298788 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: ORE40986
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 18
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Food Preferences; Eating Behavior

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Precent of Food consumed of food served (grams consumed/grams provided)

  gram weight of food intake as weighed on a calibrated scale

  8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Percent of Meals with an Eating challenge based on an Eating challenges Checklist

  8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

White dishware

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

standard white dishware used in the home

Other: Blue dishware

blue dishware

EXPERIMENTAL

specially designed blue dishware, plates and bowls

Other: Blue dishware

Interventions

Blue dishware OTHER

blue dishware is used for plates and bowls

White dishware; blue dishware

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years - 100 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Waterloo: lead

Study Sites (1)

Riverside Glen

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Donnelly R, Wei C, Morrison-Koechl J, Keller H. The effect of blue dishware versus white dishware on food intake and eating challenges among residents living with dementia: a crossover trial. BMC Res Notes. 2020 Jul 23;13(1):353. doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-05195-y.

  PMID: 32703270 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Food Preferences; Feeding Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Behavior, Animal

Study Officials

• Heather Keller

  University of Waterloo

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Model Details: participant meals were randomized to blue or white dishware conditions, matched for food choices

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 22, 2020
• First Posted: March 6, 2020
• Study Start: August 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: September 30, 2019
• Study Completion: February 1, 2020
• Last Updated: March 6, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)