Exploring the Use of myfood24 (an Online Nutritional Assessment Tool) in Clinical Dietetic Practice

NCT04039282 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: STH19780
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 56
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Dietary assessment is a key component of the dietetic care process. Assessments usually take place within dietetic consultations using methods such as 24-hour recall and paper food diaries. This study will examine the feasibility of using an online dietary assessment tool, myfood24 as an alternative to current dietary assessment practices and explore the barriers and facilitators to its use within dietetic clinical practice. This will be a mixed method study using questionnaires and semi structures interviews with both dietitians and patients. Dietitians, and patients with a range of clinical conditions referred to an NHS Dietetic Service, will be recruited. Patients will be asked to trial the system to record their food intake prior to their dietetic appointment. This data will then be used for the dietary assessment within the consultation. Following this, patients and dietitians will be interviewed about their experiences. Quantitative data will be statistically analysed, and thematic analysis will be used to analyse qualitative data.

Conditions

Nutritional Disorders; Nutrition Therapy; Food Habits

Keywords

nutrition; dietary recall

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• System Usability

  System usability score is generated using system usability scale - a validated questionnaire.

  After patients have used the system. Approximately 4 to 8 weeks after baseline.

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Patient Activation

  Baseline and end of intervention. (approximately 3 months from baseline)

• Acceptability of using the system as part of dietetic care

  The acceptability questionnaire and interviews will be completed at the end of the intervention.(approx 3 months from baseline)

Study Arms (2)

Patient Participant

OTHER

Patients will be asked to complete an 3 days worth of an online dietary recall prior to their out patient appointment with the dietitian

Device: myfood24

Dietitian Participant

OTHER

The Dietitian will be asked to review the patients completed dietary recalls prior to the patient attending their out patient appointment.

Device: myfood24

Interventions

myfood24 DEVICE

online website for dietary analysis

Dietitian Participant; Patient Participant

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Aged over 18 years
• Referred to the STH Dietetic Department
• Willing and able to attend a dietetic out-patient appointment
• Can read and understand English
• Have access to the internet
• Willing to engage in technology as part of their care
• Have or willing to obtain their own email address

You may not qualify if:

• Under 18 years
• Unable or unwilling to attend a dietetic out-patient appointment
• Unable to read and understand English
• No access to the internet
• Unwilling to engage in technology as part of their care
• Does not have or unwilling to obtain their own email address

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: lead
• University of Sheffield: collaborator
• British Dietetic Association: collaborator
• Dietary Assessment Ltd: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Nutrition Disorders; Feeding Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Behavior, Animal; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 26, 2019
• First Posted: July 31, 2019
• Study Start: July 22, 2019
• Primary Completion: March 31, 2020
• Study Completion: March 31, 2020
• Last Updated: March 17, 2021

Record last verified: 2019-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)