Healthy Eating for Successful Living in Older Adults Program (HE) Study

NCT04991844 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 120180167
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 292
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Healthy Eating for Successful Living in Older Adults™ (HESL) is a six-week community nutrition and lifestyle education program designed specifically for the elderly (\>60 years), to promote dietary and behavioral changes towards a healthy lifestyle. The intervention was evaluated using a randomized-controlled trial.

Conditions

Chronic Diseases, Multiple

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline dietary fiber intake at 6 months

  Change from baseline dietary fiber intake (mean intake in g/day) at 6 months using the Willett FFQ

  6 months post-intervention

Secondary Outcomes (29)

• Change from baseline saturated fat intake at 6 months

  6 months post-intervention

• Change from baseline polyunsaturated fat intake at 6 months

  6 months post-intervention

• Change from baseline monounsaturated fat intake at 6 months

  6 months post-intervention

• Change from baseline trans fat intake at 6 months

  6 months post-intervention

• Change from baseline cholesterol intake at 6 months

  6 months post-intervention

Study Arms (2)

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group did not receive any intervention, but met at three timepoints to complete study questionnaires and provide anthropometric measurements,

Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

This group received the study intervention protocol.

Behavioral: Intervention Group

Interventions

Intervention Group BEHAVIORAL

Intervention group participants met once a week, for 2.5 hours, over a period of six weeks for the HES workshops. The HES workshops followed a scripted curriculum that incorporated information from the USDA's MyPlateTM, and the USDA 2015-2020 dietary guidelines. Participants were also taught goal-setting, problem-solving through brainstorming, group support, self-assessment and management of dietary and physical activity patterns.

Intervention Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 60 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• willingness to participate and complete all study activities following randomization into the intervention or control group.
• English-speaking.
• interested and able to participate.

You may not qualify if:

• None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Health and Healing Research Education and Service, Inc.: lead
• Georgetown University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Health and Healing Research Education and Service, Inc.

Boston, Massachusetts, 02131, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Barnett JB, Zeng W. Healthy Eating for Successful Living in Older Adults community education program-evaluation of lifestyle behaviors: A randomized controlled trial. Front Aging. 2022 Sep 6;3:960986. doi: 10.3389/fragi.2022.960986. eCollection 2022.

  PMID: 36187849 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Chronic Disease

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Junaidah Barnett, PhD, MCH(N)

  Health and Healing Research Education and Service, Inc.

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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: July 2, 2021
• First Posted: August 5, 2021
• Study Start: July 26, 2018
• Primary Completion: January 31, 2020
• Study Completion: January 31, 2020
• Last Updated: August 5, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)