Systematic Intervention with Formal Caregivers to Promote Nutritional Health of Older People with Dementia: An Impact Evaluation Study

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dc.coverageDOI: 10.3390/ijerph22060849
dc.creatorSarmiento-González, Paola
dc.creatorMoreno-Fergusson, María Elisa
dc.creatorRojas-Rivera, Alejandra
dc.creatorCuadros-Mojica, Juan Alcides
dc.creatorRamírez-Pulido, Bibiana
dc.creatorSánchez-Herrera, Beatriz
dc.date2025
dc.date.accessioned05-01-2026 18:23
dc.date.available05-01-2026 18:23
dc.description<p>Nutritional health is essential for older people with dementia. Their feeding is a challenge for which caregivers are not always ready, and an intervention that supports them may have a significant social impact. The aim of this project is to design and evaluate the impact of systematic nursing intervention with formal caregivers to promote nutritional health for older people with dementia. This is a “Nursing Methodology Research” study conducted with formal caregivers of older people with dementia in four Colombian nursing homes. It includes three consecutive phases: (1) systematic intervention design under Whittemore and Grey’s parameters, (2) intervention validation with seven international experts, and (3) measurement of intervention impact, which included a quasi-experimental pre-test–post-test design. The “Nurturing Neurons—Formal Caregivers” intervention met the criteria of systematic health interventions. In response to the work and personal requirements of formal caregivers, the intervention used a tele-support modality. Its content validity ratio (CVR) ranged from 0.88 to 0.92; its content validity index (CVI) was 0.90. The experience was positive for the participant caregivers (94.9%) and professional providers (92.5%). The overall caregivers’ caring competence changed from the medium, 78.1, to the high category, 91.5 (p &lt; 0.001). Their perceived burden of care changed from 70.4 to 63.6 (p &lt; 0.001). In conclusion, “Nurturing Neurons—Formal Caregivers” achieved a positive impact, with changes in the structure, processes, and outputs to promote the nutritional health of older people with dementia. It led to a significant improvement in formal caregivers’ caring competence and decreased their perceived care burden. Its cost–benefit was favorable; it generated health equity for a vulnerable population and achieved unexpected benefits in the context.</p>eng
dc.identifierhttps://investigadores.uandes.cl/en/publications/21bba251-a496-4774-a4b7-0831e85421df
dc.languageeng
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourcevol.22 (2025) nr.6
dc.subjectcaregivers
dc.subjectdementia
dc.subjectgeriatric nursing
dc.subjecthealth impact assessment
dc.subjectLatin America
dc.subjectnursing methodology research
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectColombia
dc.subjectNursing Homes
dc.subjectHealth Promotion/methods
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectCaregivers/psychology
dc.subjectAged, 80 and over
dc.subjectDementia/nursing
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectAged
dc.subjectNutritional Status
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.titleSystematic Intervention with Formal Caregivers to Promote Nutritional Health of Older People with Dementia: An Impact Evaluation Studyeng
dc.typeArticleeng
dc.typeArtículospa
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