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ArticlePilot and feasibility studies2025

The feasibility of an education video for preventing disease-related malnutrition among home-living older adults after discharge from a surgical hospital department - a randomised controlled feasibility trial.

Monica Christin Hansen, Lisbeth Uhrenfeldt, Kari Ingstad, Preben U Pedersen

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Article in Pilot and feasibility studies, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05860140 (Prevention and Treatment of Malnutrition Among Home-living Older Adults Over 65 Years.), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Prevention and Treatment of Malnutrition Among Home-living Older Adults Over 65 Years.

TypeinterventionalSponsorNord UniversityRan2022 to 2026Enrolled250ConditionsMalnutritionArmsEducation video
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4 authors.

Monica Christin HansenFaculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Universitetsalleen 11, Bodø, 8026, Norway. monica.c.hansen@nord.no.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5432-126X
Lisbeth UhrenfeldtOrthopaedic department, Kolding Hospital, Kolding, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5672-1371
Kari IngstadFaculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Levanger, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4608-2294
Preben U PedersenCentre of Clinical Guidelines, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0049-7056

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOlder adults can have limited knowledge about their specific needs for protein and energy and the importance of nutrition for physical functioning after hospital discharge. This study aimed to examine the feasibility of recruitment, technology access, and data collection procedures in an educational video aimed at improving the nutritional status of live-at-home older adults after discharge from a surgical hospital department.

methodsThis seven-month single-centre, two-arm feasibility trial was conducted in a rural area in northern Norway from May 2022 to January 2023. The participants were live-at-home older adults 65 years of age or older, who were recruited from three surgical departments in a non-university hospital. The participants were randomised using a free web service. The intervention group received access to a six-minute nutrition education video focusing on energy and protein-rich diets for malnourished older adults. The control group did not receive any intervention. Data were collected on the study feasibility recruitment rate (goal: 5 people every 2 weeks over 28 weeks), retention rate (goal: 82%), and access to the video (goal: 90%) as well as the feasibility of-collecting data on the participants' nutritional knowledge, body mass index, mid-arm circumference, triceps skinfold thickness, mid-arm muscle circumference, and hand grip strength.

resultsForty-four participants were randomised to the intervention group (n = 24) or the control group (n = 20). The recruitment rate was, on average, 3 patients every 2 weeks. The overall retention rate was 68%, respectively 71% (17), in the intervention group and 65% (13) in the control group. Collecting the desired data was feasible with specific muscle strength and fat mass adjustments. No adverse events related to participation in the study were observed.

conclusionsDelivery of the education video was feasible. However, the study revealed methodological challenges with recruitment and access to the video that must be addressed before a full-scale trial. The results indicate that nutrition education videos can be a good source of knowledge and contribute to a better nutritional situation for older malnourished adults. Still, it is necessary to conduct a full-scale trial in the future to conclude whether, or not, the nutrition education video's is effective.

trial registrationThis study was retrospectively registered in ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT05860140.

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Disease-related malnutritionEducation videoFeasibility studyKnowledge translationMalnutritionNursingRCTUndernutrition

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