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The Nutritionist's Educational Intervention on the Protein Intake in Hospitalized Elderly People

NCT05502445 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 58

Last updated 2022-08-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The food intake is often compromised in the elderly, and during hospitalization, dietary restrictions may be imposed, making them more susceptible to the risk of malnutrition and sarcopenia. It is essential to make an early identification of the elderly with low intake and involve them in their self-care. The aims will be assess the influence of the nutritionist's educational action to increase protein intake in elderly patients, to analyze the knowledge on its importance in the prevention of sarcopenia and to identify the prevalence of nutritional risk. This is a field, prospective, correlational, comparative and randomized study. The elderly patients will be randomized into a Control Group and Intervention Group.

Conditions

  • Old Age; Cachexia
  • Dietary Habits
  • Sarcopenia
  • Protein Malnutrition
  • Patient Participation

Interventions

OTHER

educational intervention

In this group, the steps below are added:on the first day, the delivery of the leaflet on the importance of nutrition in the hospital environment will be added in addition to verbal guidance. On the second day, an educational institutional video with duration of two minutes, will be shown with the title "Food Intake and Oral Supplement in Nutritional Rehabilitation" via tablet or mobile phone. When the 24-hour recall will be collected, an assessment of food intake will be performed, mainly of foods that are sources of protein and, when they were less than 75%, strategies must be designed to increase the acceptance or indication of oral nutritional supplements.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ana P Lottenberg · Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-01
Primary Completion
2022-03-16
Completion
2022-03-16

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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