CompletedNot Applicable

Mediterranean Diet Interventions for Eating Behavior and Cognitive Performance Among Older Adults in the Community

Taiwan84 participantsStarted 2020-07-31

Plain-language summary

The object is to investigate the effects of a modified Mediterranean diet learning intervention program with a Mini-flipped game strategy on dietary behavior and cognitive function of elderly people in the community. The six communities were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group. The intervention group will last for 8 weeks. An eight-week Mediterranean diet learning program applying mini-flipped game-based learning strategies could improve dietary behavior and global cognitive function among elderly people living in the general community.

Who can participate

Age range

65 Years

Sex

ALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age 65 years and older * No visual, hearing, or mental impairment, and could speak Mandarin. * Are willing to participate in the study and fill out the volunteer consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of cognitive dysfunction, brain injury with loss of consciousness for more than 30 minutes, or other central nervous system disorders. The presence of impaired sensory problems. * Severe illnesses such as heart, liver, and lung failure, end-stage renal disease, total paralysis, terminal cancer or chemotherapy, and a diagnosis of mental illness

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What they're measuring

Mediterranean Diet Score

Timeframe: Change from baseline outcome measure at 8th week (post-test)

Nutrition Knowledge test for the Elderly

Timeframe: Change from baseline outcome measure at 8th week (post-test)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04788446

SponsorNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-05-30

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