An educative nutritional intervention supporting older hospital patients to eat sufficiently using eHealth: a mixed methods feasibility and pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Insufficient food intake is common in older hospital patients and increases the risk of readmission, mortality, and decline in functional status. To improve food intake in older patients, an eHealth solution (Food'n'Go) enabling them to participate in their own nutritional care was implemented in a hospital unit. We developed an educative nutritional intervention (ENI) to support hospitalized older adults (aged ≥ 65 years) to participate in their own nutritional care using Food'n'Go. In this study, we evaluate the feasibility of the ENI and its potential to improve nutritional intake.

Methods

Feasibility was evaluated using process evaluation, and nutritional intake was examined by using a pre- and post-test design. Assessment of feasibility: Contextual factors (a

SUBMITTER: Terp R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10768306 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature