NCT02925728

Nutritional Intake of "Finger-food" on Elderly People in Seniors's Resident

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 47 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The undernourishment and the prevention of its risk at the elderly person in seniors's resident represent a major issue in public health. The diagnosis of undernourishment and its risk are systematically recommended in these structures where the nutrition of these people is a problem because often inappropriate for their capacities of prehension and consequently for their nutritional needs. One of the solutions to remedy can be found in the " finger-food ". The study FIFO ("Finger-Food") suggests verifying the hypothesis which the finger-food would allow to increase the nutritional intake of the resident who have disorders of the prehension and\\or requiring a nutritional stimulation and\\or require an help to the preparation of the meal.

Conditions

• Nutritive Value

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Finger-Food	Finger-Food at lunch and having diner
OTHER	Without Finger-Food	Without finger-food

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-02-07
• Primary completion: 2017-09-25
• Completion: 2017-09-25
• First posted: 2016-10-06
• Last updated: 2024-08-15
• Results posted: 2024-08-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France