Feasibility of Nutritional Telemonitoring in Elderly Home Care Patients

Summary

An optimal nutritional status is essential for healthy ageing. Telemonitoring might contribute to maintaining or improving nutritional status in elderly people.The objectives of this pilot study are to test the feasibility, acceptability and implementation fidelity of telemonitoring of nutritional parameters in community-dwelling older adults; to test the study procedures for effect evaluation; and to determine the likelihood of achieving desired impact on the primary and secondary outcomes.

Conditions

• Undernutrition
• Aging

Interventions

OTHER

Nutritional telemonitoring

Participants receive a weighing scale, pedometer and television channel in order to perform self-measurements and receive guidance on nutrition and physical activity. Nurses use a website in order to receive telemonitoring measurements and decide about proper follow-up. In case of risk of undernutrition, nurses provide personal advice to optimize nutritional status of the participant.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• European Union

  collaborator OTHER

• Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa

  collaborator OTHER

• Viveris Technologies SA

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• STMicroelectronics Grenoble 2 SAS

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Sirlan Technologies SAS

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Habitat Health Environment

  collaborator OTHER

• Universite Paris 13

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Meditecnologia SA

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Cybermoor Ltd

  collaborator OTHER

• Telecom Sante

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Zorggroep Noordwest-Veluwe

  collaborator OTHER

• Wageningen University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Lisette de Groot, Professor · Wageningen University and Research

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2015-05-27

Primary Completion

2015-11-20

Completion

2015-11-20

Countries

• Netherlands

Study Locations