NCT03582358

Evaluation of a Strategy for the Presentation of Oral Nutritional Supplements in Verrines for Managing Undernutrition in the Elderly Undergoing Follow-up Care and Geriatric Rehabilitation

Evaluation of a Strategy for the Presentation of Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS) in Verrines for Managing Undernutrition in the Elderly Undergoing Follow-up Care and Geriatric Rehabilitation. Biomedical, Monocentric, Comparative, Clustered and Open Randomized Research Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Protein-energy malnutrition results from an imbalance between the body's intake and needs. Among the elderly in long-term care, the prevalence of undernutrition varies from 30% to 70%. It is responsible for or aggravates a state of fragility or dependence, and promotes the occurrence of morbidities. It is also associated with worsening prognosis for underlying diseases and increases the risk of death. Nutritional management of undernutrition is an issue, especially in health facilities. Among the various existing nutritional care methods, oral nutritional supplements should be considered in the event of failure of food enrichment measures or even at the outset in undernourished elderly people. However, compliance or acceptance of these products among the elderly remains limited and variable with consumption of oral nutritional supplements ranging between 48% and 94% according to studies, and, because of their ease of prescription, oral supplements are sometimes the only nutritional intervention.

Conditions

• Patients Hospitalized in Follow up Care or Rehabilitation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Food weighing	Quantification of food intake over three consecutive days (D5, D6 and D7 then D26, D27 and D28) by weighing the food served and the leftovers at and after mealtimes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-03-27
• Primary completion: 2018-10-01
• Completion: 2020-04-01
• First posted: 2018-07-11
• Last updated: 2018-07-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France