Strength for Caregiving
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Conditions studied: Mental Well-being, Muscle Strengh, Dietary Habits, Quality of Life, Nutritional Status, Functional Capacity
In brief
The goal of this single-arm pre-post study is to promote elderly (≥ 65 years) family caregivers' dietary habits, well-being and functional capacity through comprehensive nutritional guidance. The main goals of the project are to: * Improve the well-being, resilience, and functional capacity of the participating family caregivers through the comprehensive nutritional counseling implemented as part of the project. * Create a nutrition counseling model that promotes the well-being and coping of family caregivers and can also be utilized in well-being services counties after the project concludes. * Produce up-to-date and practical nutrition materials for family caregivers. The project participants will participate in two individual nutrition counselling sessions and three group nutrition counseling sessions over a period of ten months. Researchers will compare the results of the participants' baseline and final measurements to see if nutrition counseling is effective in improving family caregivers' well-being, resilience, and functional capacity.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07615205
- Run by
- Susanna Kunvik
- People needed
- 100
- Starts
- 2026-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2027-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-06-08
Who can join
Age: 65 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Born in 1961 or earlier (i.e. aged over 65 years)
- Adequate Finnish language skills
- Able to give informed written consent
- Acting as a caregiver (with or without a formal caregiver contract) in the areas of Pori, Rauma, or Kankaanpää
- Normal cognition (participants with an MMSE score below 24 will be assessed by the responsible physician)
You may not qualify if…
- Serious acute illness or inability to act as an informal caregiver
- A condition, ailment, or underlying health risk that is poorly controlled and that participation in the study could exacerbate, or a terminal illness (Consultation of the doctor in charge, if necessary, in unclear cases)
- Born in 1961 or later (i.e. aged under 65 years)
- Substance abuse based on the AUDIT-C score (consultation of the doctor in charge)
Where it is running
- Satakunta University of Applied Sciences — Pori, Satakunta, Finland
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