NCT01741870

A Need-based Nutritional Intervention in Nursing Home Residents

The Effectiveness of a Need-based Nutritional Intervention Strategy to Improve the Nutritional Status of Elderly Nursing Home Residents

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 92 (actual)
• Sponsor: Asia University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To examine the effectiveness of a "need-based nutritional intervention" strategy in improving the nutritional and physical functional status of nursing home elderly.

Detailed description

Ninety-two nursing home residents aged 65 years or older and BMI \<25 were randomly assigned to the intervention or control groups. Subjects in the treatment group received a soy-protein-based nutritional supplement, if his/her BMI was \<24kg/m2 and nutritional score was \<24 according to the Mini Nutritional Assessment. The supplementation would be suspended if both conditions were not met. At baseline and every 4 weeks up to 24 weeks, thereafter, all subjects were measured for anthropometric parameters. At baseline, 12 weeks and 24 weeks subjects were measured for blood biochemical indicators, handgrip strength and Barthel's index.

Conditions

• Malnutrition

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Nutritional supplement	Subjects will receive 50 g/day of a soy protein-based nutritional supplement containing 9.5 g protein, 250 kcal energy and all essential micronutrients
OTHER	Treatment as usual	routine care

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-04-01
• Primary completion: 2011-10-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2012-12-05
• Last updated: 2024-07-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan