NCT07504419

A Nutrition Care Model for Frailty Prevention in the Elderly Based on Design Thinking

A Nutrition Care Model for Frailty Prevention in the Elderly Based on Design Thinking: A Comparative Analysis of Community Practices in Taiwan and Japan

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Suh-Ching, Yang · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This international multicenter study project. A physical function screening activity for the elderly will be held in the community centers. After screening out high-risk subjects for frailty, they will be guided to participate in motivational interviews. Design thinking is used to design product/service processes based on nutritional problems, and combined with the nutritional care process.

Detailed description

This project will first conduct a preliminary health screening using the "Integrated Elderly Care Screening Scale" to understand the physical function status of the subjects. If the screening results show that the group is at high risk of frailty, a one-on-one interview will be arranged to further understand their nutrition-related issues and needs. Through the compilation of interview data, a product or service process for nutrition education will be designed and incorporated into subsequent nutrition care. Participants will fill out questionnaires before and after nutrition education intervention to evaluate physiological functions and health behaviors. The physiological function assessment includes four aspects: chewing function, swallowing function, nutritional status and frailty. This procedure aims to understand the potential improvement effect of this care model on the physiological functions and daily health behaviors of the elderly, and compare it with the results of Settsu City, Osaka, Japan.

Conditions

• Malnutrition Elderly
• Sarcopenia in Elderly
• Frailty Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	nutrition education	Nutrition education course design will be based on interview results with subjects with high risk of frailty.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-07-04
• Primary completion: 2025-08-29
• Completion: 2025-08-29
• First posted: 2026-03-31
• Last updated: 2026-03-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan