Evaluating an Enhanced Home-delivered Meal Program on Older Adults' Health and Well-being

Part of paid clinical trials in Storrs, Connecticut.

Sponsor
University of Connecticut
Study ID
NCT06401694
Status
Enrolling By Invitation

Conditions

  • Diet, Healthy
  • Food Insecurity
  • Loneliness
  • Quality of Life

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
60 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Home-delivered meals — OTHER
    Delivery of prepared meals compliant with Older Americans Act nutrition programs guidelines
  • Wellness check and socialization visit — OTHER
    At-home delivery with opportunity for driver observation and interaction
  • Community Health Worker calls — BEHAVIORAL
    Calls from a certified Community Health Worker (CHW) to assess needs, identify gaps in care and resources, and then support health and resource coordination
  • Supplemental grocery bag — OTHER
    Monthly delivery of a grocery bag containing a variety of nutritionally balanced foods and educational materials

Study Details

Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island (MOWRI), in partnership with the University of Connecticut (UConn), will implement and evaluate an enhanced version of its Home-Delivered Meals Program (HDMP). The project goal is to implement and test the effectiveness of an enhanced Home-Delivered Meals (HDM) service delivery approach. The enhanced approach includes community health worker (CHW) interactions and supplemental healthy grocery bags to address diet quality, food and nutrition security, loneliness, and health-related quality of life for older adults. MOWRI participants at the highest nutritional risk will be randomized to receive standard or enhanced services in order to test the effect of the intervention on health-related outcomes. Anticipated outcomes for individuals receiving enhanced services are improvements in measures of diet quality, food and nutrition security, loneliness, and health-related quality of life compared with those receiving standard HDM services.

Key Dates

Start date
Jun 20, 2024
Status verified
Dec 2025
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2027
Completion
Apr 30, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
1,640 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Enhanced
    Home-delivered meals plus Community Health Worker Calls and supplemental grocery bags
  • Active Comparator: Usual care
    Home-delivered meals

Primary Outcome Measure

Diet Quality [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of ConnecticutStorrsConnecticut06269-

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