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Assessment of DeMentia Nutrition Intervention Needs Among Care Recipients and carEgivers

NCT05536830 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2025-04-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Nutrition is critical for disease prevention and brain health. Malnutrition and weight loss often affect persons with Alzheimer's dementia (PWD), worsening overall health and dementia. Informal caregivers (usually family members) perform many nutrition-related tasks as part of daily care such as food preparation and feeding. Limited research, however, suggests informal caregivers experience high rates of caregiver burden, malnutrition and low health literacy. More research is needed to uncover these and other factors that may contribute to malnutrition for both PWDs and their caregivers. Nutrition literacy, or ability to navigate nutrition information to select healthy food, may be an important caregiving factor that protects both individuals from experiencing nutritional decline. Although the NIH has increased funding to support caregiver research, caregiver interventions that include nutrition are lacking. The purpose of this study is to inform the design of a future nutrition intervention study.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Nutrition Status

Participants will be examined by a registered dietitian to assess nutrition status.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Heather D Gibbs, PhD, RD · University of Kansas Medical Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-10-25
Primary Completion
2023-12-08
Completion
2024-12-08

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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