Evaluation of a 5-a-day Fruit and Vegetable Mobile Phone Application

NCT02779491 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: REC10186
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 94
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of a novel fruit and vegetable mobile phone application on fruit and vegetable intakes, knowledge and attitudes.

Conditions

Nutritional Status; Nutrition Assessment

Keywords

fruit and vegetables; food intake; knowledge

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Fruit and Vegetable Intakes (Self-report, Questionnaire Assessment)

  Self-report, questionnaire assessment

  Intervention end

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Fruit and Vegetable Knowledge (Questionnaire Assessment)

  Intervention end

• App Usage

  Intervention end

Study Arms (4)

Intervention for two weeks

EXPERIMENTAL

Receipt of the mobile phone application for two weeks

Behavioral: 5-a-day fruit and vegetable mobile phone application

Control for two weeks

NO INTERVENTION

Usual habitual activity - no receipt of mobile phone application for two weeks

Intervention for four weeks

EXPERIMENTAL

Receipt of the mobile phone application for four weeks

Behavioral: 5-a-day fruit and vegetable mobile phone application

Control for four weeks

NO INTERVENTION

Usual habitual activity - no receipt of mobile phone application for two weeks

Interventions

5-a-day fruit and vegetable mobile phone application BEHAVIORAL

5-a-day fruit and vegetable mobile phone application

Intervention for four weeks; Intervention for two weeks

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• able to provide informed consent
• speaks English, owns an android mobile telephone
• able and willing to use phone and complete all measures

You may not qualify if:

• none

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Bournemouth University: lead

Related Publications (1)

• Appleton KM, Passmore D, Burn I, Pidgeon H, Nation P, Boobyer C, Jiang N. An Interactive Mobile Phone App (SMART 5-A-DAY) for Increasing Knowledge of and Adherence to Fruit and Vegetable Recommendations: Development and Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2019 Nov 20;7(11):e14380. doi: 10.2196/14380.

  PMID: 31746766 DERIVED

Limitations and Caveats

Assessment of FV attitudes was originally planned but were not measured in the actual study to reduce demand characteristics for participants considering the large number of existing measures related to FV. No data on FV attitudes were collected.

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Prof. Katherine Appleton
• Organization: Bournemouth University

k.appleton@bournemouth.ac.uk

+441202965985

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 13, 2016
• First Posted: May 20, 2016
• Study Start: June 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2018
• Study Completion: December 30, 2018
• Last Updated: October 8, 2019
• Results First Posted: October 8, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Time Frame: Following publication of findings in a peer-reviewed journal article.
• Access Criteria: Reasonable request of the PI.