Mediterranean Diet Interventions for Eating Behavior and Cognitive Performance Among Older Adults in the Community

NCT04788446 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: YM109146E
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 84
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The object is to investigate the effects of a modified Mediterranean diet learning intervention program with a Mini-flipped game strategy on dietary behavior and cognitive function of elderly people in the community. The six communities were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group. The intervention group will last for 8 weeks. An eight-week Mediterranean diet learning program applying mini-flipped game-based learning strategies could improve dietary behavior and global cognitive function among elderly people living in the general community.

Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

Mini-flipped Game-based Learning; Mediterranean Diet; Eating Behavior; Cognitive Performance

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Mediterranean Diet Score

  To measure the Mediterranean dietary behavior

  Change from baseline outcome measure at 8th week (post-test)

• Nutrition Knowledge test for the Elderly

  To measure the nutrition knowledge

  Change from baseline outcome measure at 8th week (post-test)

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Montreal Cognitive Assessment score

  Change from baseline outcome measure at 8th week (post-test)

• Cognitive Failures Questionnaire score

  Change from baseline outcome measure at 8th week (post-test)

Other Outcomes (2)

• Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score

  Change from baseline outcome measure at 8th week (post-test)

• Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale score

  Change from baseline outcome measure at 8th week (post-test)

Study Arms (2)

Mini-flipped Game-based Learning

EXPERIMENTAL

1. group diet education, an interactive food card game, and guidance on the Mediterranean diet 2. once a week for 40 minutes. 3. lasts for 8 weeks

Behavioral: Mini-flipped Game-based Learning

Balanced diet

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

1. given a leaflet on balanced diet and nutrition among the elderly 2. lasts for 8 weeks

Behavioral: Balanced diet

Interventions

Mini-flipped Game-based Learning BEHAVIORAL

The intervention was 8 weeks, forty minutes adjusted Mediterranean diet learning plan once a week, which includes the 20 minutes for the Mediterranean food table game, and the 20 minutes for the Mediterranean diet nutrition course. The topic of the course includes the relationship between Mediterranean diet and dementia, knowledge of Mediterranean diet, how to integrate local food ingredients into the Mediterranean diet, etc.

Mini-flipped Game-based Learning

Balanced diet BEHAVIORAL

Given a balanced diet nutrition health education manual for the aged.

Balanced diet

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Age 65 years and older
• No visual, hearing, or mental impairment, and could speak Mandarin.
• Are willing to participate in the study and fill out the volunteer consent form.

You may not qualify if:

• Diagnosis of cognitive dysfunction, brain injury with loss of consciousness for more than 30 minutes, or other central nervous system disorders. The presence of impaired sensory problems.
• Severe illnesses such as heart, liver, and lung failure, end-stage renal disease, total paralysis, terminal cancer or chemotherapy, and a diagnosis of mental illness

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University: lead

Study Sites (1)

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Feeding Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior, Animal; Behavior

Study Officials

• Cheng-Chen Chou

  Nursing

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 5, 2021
• First Posted: March 9, 2021
• Study Start: July 31, 2020
• Primary Completion: May 30, 2021
• Study Completion: May 31, 2021
• Last Updated: March 16, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TW (1)