Preventing Malnutrition Among Older Adults

NCT05860140 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 366924
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 250
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This project aims to explore whether access to a digital education video can improve the nutritional situation of home-living older adults after being discharged from the hospital.

Conditions

Malnutrition

Keywords

older adults; Disease-related malnutrition; Educational video

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 Questionnaire

  Using Rand 36 Questionnaire

  Change in Health related quality of life Using Rand 36 Questionnaire after 3 months

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Body fat

  Change in Body mass index after 3 months

• Readmissions to hospital after discharge from the hospital

  Registration of Readmissions 3 months after

• Muscle Strength

  Change in Hand Grip Strength (muscle strenght) after 3 months

• The mid-arm circumference

  Change in The mid-arm circumference after 3 months

• Subcutaneous fat

  Change in Subcutaneous fat after 3 months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

will get access to a six-minute educational video five days after being discharged from the hospital. The video is focusing on protein and energy meals for older adults.

Other: Education video

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Control group, not given any intervention

Interventions

Education video OTHER

Six minutes long education video focusing on protein and energy meals

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Orthopedic and surgical in bedded patient patients in a selected regional hospital in Norway.
• Over 65 years old. Have their home address in one of nine selected municipalities in Nordland county.
• home living and due to return home after discharge directly from the hospital or after a short-term training stay at a training centre before returning home.
• Could read and understand Norwegian.
• Have consent competence.
• Have a Body mass index less than 24.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients patients only receiving liquid diet such as tube feeding
• terminal-ill patients

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nord University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Monica Christin Hansen

Bodø, 8020, Norway

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Hansen MC, Uhrenfeldt L, Ingstad K, Pedersen PU. The feasibility of an education video for preventing disease-related malnutrition among home-living older adults after discharge from a surgical hospital department - a randomised controlled feasibility trial. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2025 Dec 5;12(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s40814-025-01745-y.

  PMID: 41351135 DERIVED

• Hansen MC, Ingstad K, Uhrenfeldt L, Pedersen PU. Assessing the impact of a nutrition educational video on health-related quality of life in older home-living adults after discharge from a surgical hospital department: a randomised controlled pilot trial. BMC Nutr. 2025 Nov 25;11(1):230. doi: 10.1186/s40795-025-01203-1.

  PMID: 41291959 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Malnutrition

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: QUADRUPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 17, 2023
• First Posted: May 16, 2023
• Study Start: May 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: April 20, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 6, 2026
• Last Updated: March 20, 2024

Record last verified: 2023-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

NO (1)