Effectiveness of the Just Right Challenge Food Club for Decreasing Food Selectivity and Increasing Mealtime Quality

NCT03756844 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: JRCFC Single-Subject
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 7
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This single subject study tested the effectiveness of the Just Right Challenge Food Club for decreasing food selectivity and increasing mealtime qualify for children with developmental disabilities.

Conditions

Food Selectivity

Keywords

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Food Inventory questionnaire

  Parents marked the foods that their child ate over the past week every week for up to 45 weeks

  Every week for up to 45 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change in About Your Child's Eating questionnaire

  Up to 45 weeks between pre and post test measures.

Study Arms (1)

Just Right Challenge Food Club Protocol

EXPERIMENTAL

There was only one arm in this study. All participants received the Just Right Challenge Food Club Protocol and single subject (time series) data was collected.

Behavioral: Just Right Challenge Food Club

Interventions

Just Right Challenge Food Club BEHAVIORAL

Systematic desensitization, positive reinforcement and escape extinction at a level of just right challenge.

Just Right Challenge Food Club Protocol

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 2 Years - 15 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children who accepted less than 15 foods as part of their regular diet
• Children who refused whole food groups

You may not qualify if:

• Children with life threatening food selectivity per parent report and physician referral information

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Western Michigan University: lead
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Feeding and Eating Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: There was no masking. This was a single subject study. Participants allowed us to use their clinical data for research purposes.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD, OTRL, Associate Professor

Model Details: This was a single-subject (time series design).

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 12, 2018
• First Posted: November 28, 2018
• Study Start: October 19, 2016
• Primary Completion: December 12, 2017
• Study Completion: December 12, 2017
• Last Updated: November 30, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share