Video Chat During Meals to Improve Nutritional Intake in Older Adults

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Conditions studied: Malnutrition, Loneliness

In brief

The VideoDining study is a Stage IB behavioral intervention development project. The objectives are to determine the feasibility and acceptability of using video chat during mealtimes (VideoDining) in community-dwelling older adults eating alone at home and to evaluate changes in nutritional intake and loneliness in response to VideoDining.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04862312

Run by

Cornell University

People needed

33

Starts

2021-03-31

Expected to finish

2022-05-17

Last updated by the study team

2022-09-26

Who can join

Age: 60 and older, up to 95. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Receive Meals-on-Wheels meals from Foodnet in Tompkins County, NY.
• Aged 60-95 years old.
• Consume Meals-on-Wheels meal alone.

You may not qualify if…

• Non-English speaking.
• Unable to read and write in English.
• Inadequate vision and hearing to utilize video chat technology.
• Unable cognitively to independently consent and participate in the study.
• Already own and use an Amazon Echo Show.

Where it is running

• Cornell University — Ithaca, New York, United States

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