Clinical trial NCT03635476: Survey of Lifelong Food and Nutrition Assistance (LIFANA) in Stroke Patients and Caregivers
Official title: Survey of Lifelong Food and Nutrition Assistance (LIFANA) in Stroke Patients and Caregivers - Cereneo Schweiz AG (Center for Neurology and Rehabilitation)
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Stroke
Relatives
Diet Modification
Keywords: Stroke Rehabilitation
Personalized Nutrition
Mobile-Health
Stroke
Lead sponsor: Cereneo AG
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
Collaborators: name: cereneo Institute for Interdsciplinary Research (cefir)
First posted: 2018-08-17
Enrollment: 5
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: OTHER
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: stroke patients undergoing rehabilitation

Brief summary: Many elderly suffer from nutritional problems that can cause (or can be caused by) a number of complications such as weakened immune systems and chronic health conditions (diabetes type 2, high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases or even osteoporosis).

Through appropriate adjustments in the diets, on the basis of nutritional advice, the burden of established diseases as well as the risks of developing further conditions can be diminished. The goal of our proposed project LIFANA is to develop and evaluate the LIFANA Nutrition Solution to support healthy nutrition.. This may include general preferences, such as culture, taste, and budget, but more importantly automated and personalised nutritional recommendations based on advice provided by professional nutritionists and allergists. This is a national project co-funded by the European Union.

One of the activities of the project is to collect information through a survey with patients. These questions will contribute to creating solutions that can explore the perspectives of patients.

Detailed description: Patients will be approached in the clinic by a neurologist and health care professionals. The questionnaire will take place at cereneo. The group will consist of 25 participants and last between 1h. The Survey will be conducted by a clinician who will take notes. Semi-structured discussion guide will be used. With regard to the communication, the moderator will identify factors that will influence communication in a positive or negative way.

The health professionals will perform content analyses on the transcripts; the schema of categories will be oriented towards the research questions, using open questions, directly addressing quiet participants, and handling the discussion guide in a flexible way.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* stroke patients undergoing rehabilitation
* caregivers of stroke patients

Exclusion Criteria:

* Severe aphasia
* Severe cognitive deficits

Primary outcomes:
measure: User Needs
timeFrame: 1 day/session
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Vitznau
country: Switzerland
facility: cereneo Schweiz AG
state: LU
Study officials:
affiliation: cereneo Schweiz AG | center for neurology & rehabilitation
name: Krizia Ferrini, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: cereneo Schweiz AG | center for neurology & rehabilitation
name: Doris Mösinger, MSc
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: cereneo Schweiz AG | center for neurology & rehabilitation
name: Leopold Zizlsperger, MD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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