Evaluation Study for the Chef Anchor 3.0 Program

NCT06572748 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: EA240323
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 136
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Objectives:

1. 1.(Primary)To estimate the potential effects of the cooking program on the people with MCI/dementia and their informal caregivers;
2. 2.To investigate if the potential effects can be maintained after the completion of the program.
3. 3.The confidence in cooking, cooking capability, satisfaction with autonomy in cooking, satisfaction with meal choices, worried about future cooking ability and meal choices, cognitive function, self-reported appetite, psychological well-being, family satisfaction, and self-rated health of older adults with MCI/dementia would improve after the programme;
4. 4.The confidence in care recipient's cooking, worried about future cooking ability and meal choices of care recipient, psychological well-being, family satisfaction, caregiver burden, and self-rated health of informal caregivers would improve after the programme;
5. 5.The 10-week programme is acceptable for the most of older adults with MCI/dementia and their informal caregivers.

Conditions

Mild Cognitive Impairment; Dementia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Change from baseline confidence in cooking of people with MCI/dementia at 10 weeks

  measured by a single question asking to what extent (1 to 10) the participant feels confident with cooking a meal. Score 1 refers to no confidence and score 10 refers to very confident. Ten smileys will be used to visualize the different extent. This outcome is the primary outcome.

  10 weeks after baseline

• Change from baseline confidence in cooking of people with MCI/dementia at 20 weeks

  measured by a single question asking to what extent (1 to 10) the participant feels confident with cooking a meal. Score 1 refers to no confidence and score 10 refers to very confident. Ten smileys will be used to visualize the different extent. This outcome is the primary outcome.

  20 weeks after baseline

• Change from baseline confidence in cooking of people with MCI/dementia at 30 weeks

  measured by a single question asking to what extent (1 to 10) the participant feels confident with cooking a meal. Score 1 refers to no confidence and score 10 refers to very confident. Ten smileys will be used to visualize the different extent. This outcome is the primary outcome.

  30 weeks after baseline, only for waitlist control group

Secondary Outcomes (68)

• Change from baseline cooking capability of people with MCI/dementia at 10 weeks

  10 weeks after baseline

• Change from baseline cooking capability of people with MCI/dementia at 20 weeks

  20 weeks after baseline

• Change from baseline cooking capability of people with MCI/dementia at 30 weeks

  30 weeks after baseline, only for waitlist control group

• Change from baseline satisfaction with autonomy in cooking of people with MCI/dementia at 10 weeks

  10 weeks after baseline

• Change from baseline satisfaction with autonomy in cooking of people with MCI/dementia at 20 weeks

  20 weeks after baseline

Study Arms (2)

Assigned intervention

OTHER

During the first 10 weeks, the intervention group will undergo the 10-week programme in the "Chef Anchor 3.0"

Other: 10-week programme

Assigned waitlist attention control

OTHER

During the first 10 weeks, no activity for the waitlist control group. Then, from week 10 to 20, the waitlist control group will attend the same 10-week programme.

Other: 10-week programme

Interventions

10-week programme OTHER

1. 2-week health education (4 sessions, 60 minutes per session) Social workers and occupational therapists will explain the cognitive training elements of the program and introduce the "DementiAbility Methods" to the participants. Nutritionist, speech therapists, and Chinese medicine practitioner will share insights from their perspectives to enhance participants' understanding of cognitive impairments. 2. 8-week cooking class (5 sessions, 120 minutes per session) The culinary instructor will teach participants to cook homemade dishes while integrating "procedural memory" into recipes. Older adults and their caregivers will cook together based on the "procedural recipe" designed by caregivers, aiming to enhance communication between them and create joyful memories. The cooking class will begin with 20-30 minutes an interactive nutrition-based session. The session themes will focus on healthy diet and food safety. Participants will be able to ask questions and make comments.

Assigned intervention; Assigned waitlist attention control

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• i. Aged 60 or above;
• ii. Diagnosed by medical doctor has having MCI/dementia as reported by the older adults or their informal caregivers, or with reported subjective decline of cognitive function and with 5-min MoCA score ≤7th age- and education-specific percentile (Wong et al., 2015);
• iii. Ability to follow simple instructions;
• iv. Adequate physical strength to attend cooking workshops.

You may not qualify if:

• i. Without caregiver

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Hong Kong: lead
• Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Welfare Council Limited: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Elderly community centre

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cognitive Dysfunction; Dementia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cognition Disorders; Neurocognitive Disorders; Mental Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases

Study Officials

• Pui Hing Chau

  School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Pui Hing Chau, PhD

CONTACT

3917 6626; phpchau@hku.hk

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 20, 2024
• First Posted: August 27, 2024
• Study Start: October 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: November 30, 2025
• Study Completion: November 30, 2025
• Last Updated: November 12, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

HK (1)