Text Message Program to Improve Eating Behaviors Among African Americans in New Orleans

NCT03913871 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 2018-044-CTU
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 44
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this pilot study is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a mobile phone-based text messaging intervention to change the attitudes and eating behaviors of African American women residing in New Orleans, LA.

Conditions

Diet Habit; Health Behavior; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Keywords

mHealth; African American; Women's Health; Minority Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Fruit and vegetable intake

  Change in fruit and vegetable intake from baseline to 4 weeks as measured by self-report via the NCI Fruit and Vegetable Intake Screener (from the Eating at America's Table Study). Scale Range: Frequency of intake (fruit, vegetable) - Never (minimum) to 5+ times per day (maximum); and Portion of fruit or vegetable (cup equivalents based on dietary guidelines). To score, 1) express each reported frequency as a daily average by standardizing the midpoint of each frequency category to the number of times per day; 2) assign fruit and vegetable servings from dietary guidelines to each portion size category; and 3) compute the average daily fruit and vegetable servings for each food group by multiplying the average daily frequency (from #1) by the number of servings for the portion size (as determined in #2). To estimate the total daily number of servings, sum across all food groups (i.e., fruit and vegetable subgroups).

  Baseline and 4 weeks

• Beverage intake

  Change in beverage intake intake from baseline to 4 weeks as measured by self-report via the (Beverage Intake Questionnaire-15 (BEVQ-15). Scale Range: Frequency of intake (of beverage option) - Never (minimum) to 3+ times per day (maximum); Consumption (of each beverage option)- Less than 6 fl. oz. (minimum) to more than 20 fl. oz (maximum). To score the instrument, frequency ("How often") is converted to the unit of times per day, then multiplied by the amount consumed ("How much each time") to provide average daily beverage consumption in fl oz. To quantify total SSB consumption, beverage categories containing added sugars were summed (sweetened juice beverages/drinks, regular soft drinks, sweet tea, sweetened coffee, energy drinks, mixed alcoholic drinks, meal replacement beverages).

  Baseline and 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Self-efficacy to improve fruit and vegetable intake

  Baseline and 4 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Telephone (text messages) support for healthy eating

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will receive average of 1-2 text messages per day for 4 weeks focused on health eating with the aim increasing consumption of fruits, vegetables and water; and a reduce intake of sugar sweetened beverages.

Behavioral: Texts to support healthy eating

Telephone (text messages) support for physical activity

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants will receive an average of 1-2 text messages per day for 4 weeks that offer physical activity and general health/wellbeing advice.

Behavioral: Texts to support physical activity

Interventions

Texts to support healthy eating BEHAVIORAL

The intervention arm will receive tailored text messages to encourage healthy eating (increase consumption, fruits, vegetables and water; and a reduce intake of sugar sweetened beverages). Participants will receive an average of 1-2 messages per day for 4 weeks.

Telephone (text messages) support for healthy eating

Texts to support physical activity BEHAVIORAL

The intervention arm will receive tailored text messages to support increased minutes of physical activity per day. Participants will receive an average of 1-2 messages per day for 4 weeks.

Telephone (text messages) support for physical activity

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 25 Years+
• Gender Eligibility Details: Eligibility based on self-representation of gender identity.
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age range: 25 years of age or older
• Gender: Women
• Ethnic background: African American or Black
• Location: Orleans and Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
• Own a mobile phone
• Open to being assigned to either the intervention or control group.
• Willing and able to use their phone to read, receive and send text messages and phone calls.
• No overt cardiovascular disease or acute symptomatology. (self-reported).

You may not qualify if:

• Age range: under 25 years of age
• Ethnic background: not African American or Black
• Location: Live outside of Orleans and Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
• Does not own a mobile phone
• Not open to being assigned to either the intervention or control group.
• Unwilling and unable to use their phone to read, receive and send text messages and phone calls.
• Overt cardiovascular disease or acute symptomatology. (self-reported).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Tulane University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Jylana L. Sheats

New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Feeding Behavior; Health Behavior; Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior, Animal

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: An online randomizer software was used to assign participants into one of two arms.
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: This was a clinical trial (behavioral with no clinical assessments) in which two groups of participants receive different interventions. One group received a healthy eating program, and the other group received a physical activity program.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 16, 2018
• First Posted: April 12, 2019
• Study Start: October 29, 2018
• Primary Completion: January 11, 2019
• Study Completion: January 11, 2019
• Last Updated: May 7, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)