NCT06889103

Turkish Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFed) Scale

Psychometric Properties of the Turkish Version of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFed) Scale

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 55 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study was conducted to evaluate the psychometric properties, including interobserver agreement, of the Turkish version of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFed) scale, which was developed to assess eating difficulties in patients with dementia.

Detailed description

Eating difficulties are common in dementia patients and can lead to malnutrition. Early detection and intervention of these difficulties is of great importance to minimise the negative effects. Therefore, a reliable and valid tool for assessing nutritional difficulties in dementia patients is needed.

Conditions

• Dementia
• Feeding Difficulties
• Reliability and Validity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Observation	observation during eating

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-01
• Primary completion: 2022-07-01
• Completion: 2022-07-01
• First posted: 2025-03-21
• Last updated: 2025-03-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)