NCT06739642

Effectiveness of Dementia Nutrition Education

Effectiveness of Caregiver Nutrition Education on the Diet of Patient with Dementia: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 89 (actual)
• Sponsor: Celal Bayar University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Nutritional problems can and do manifest themselves at various stages and with varying degrees of severity. Patients with dementia are at significant risk for weight loss and malnutrition due to the numerous issues that arise during the disease process. Caregivers of patients with dementia face significant challenges in providing nutritional care for their patients due to difficulties with nutrition for physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral reasons. The following methods were used: This study employed a randomized controlled trial with a pretest-posttest design. The study was conducted with 89 patients and caregivers (45 in the intervention group and 44 in the control group). We collected data from the intervention and control groups before and after the intervention using the Descriptive Information Form, Edinburgh Nutrition Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) Scale, Mini Nutritional Assessment, Dysphagia Assessment Scale in Multiple Sclerosis, and Sarcopenia Screening Test (SARC-F). The intervention group received a standardized educational program for three months. We evaluated the data using percentages, arithmetic means, standard deviations, medians, and interquartile ranges. We analyzed the data using chi-square tests, Mann-Whitney U tests, Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, and intention-to-treat analyses.

Conditions

• Dementia
• Nutrition
• Nutrition Deficiency Due to Insufficient Food
• Nutrition Assessment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Education	caregivers in the intervention group received an individualized educational program intervention. The content of the educational program was developed by the researcher through a review of the literature and interviews with caregivers. The educational program, during three months, was delivered in 6 sessions of 40 minutes each. The topics of the training content were as follows: 1. General Nutrition Information, 2. Changes Affecting Nutrition During Old Age and Nutrition Principles, 3. Anthropometric Measurements and Scans, 4. Nutritional Problems in the Patient with Dementia, Dementiamendations for Increasing Nutritional Intake in Dementia Patients, 6. Alternatives for Severe Feeding Problems. Covering general topics was held as group education; carried out in two separate groups. Another individual session was planned for caregivers who could not attend the group education program, and the missing topics were completed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-15
• Primary completion: 2022-12-15
• Completion: 2022-12-25
• First posted: 2024-12-18
• Last updated: 2024-12-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)