Impact of A Mobile Game on Pediatric Nutrition and Physical Activity

NCT04082195 | Completed Phase 1

• 1 other identifier: IRB00006230
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 104
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Overweight and obesity in children is on the rise globally and is rapidly growing in urban India. Studies have revealed that obesity is on the rise among children in India with many of them suffering from the problem even before they reach adolescence. As many as 30 million Indians are overweight, and obesity continues to rise. The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) found that 20% of school children are overweight. NFHS is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India. The findings from the survey indicate that the prevalence of obesity is increasing in India along with the epidemic proportions worldwide especially in developed countries. Overweight or obesity is the leading cause of type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, hypertension, osteoarthritis, various types of cancers in women like breast cancer and uterine cancer, menstrual disorder and infertility and many more diseases. To decrease prevalence you have to decrease incidence. More and more young people are at risk of developing diseases like diabetes and if the number of children living with these diseases has to come down, focus has to be on addressing the risk factors and moving the population to a healthier lifestyle through health education/ communication and motivation. To design appropriate interventions for behaviour formation and change, we need to learn more about the underlying factors affecting these unhealthy behaviours. This study was conducted by the Center for Communication and Change - India, in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs, and FriendsLearn (California). Study Purpose The specific aim of this research study is to assess the awareness levels among urban, Indian children, with respect to diet and lifestyle behaviours, while also evaluating the influence of a digital health education intervention - fooya!™ among school-age children in India. Specifically, the study objectives will be:

1. 1.Quantify the effectiveness of a digital health education intervention- fooya (an application) on health awareness around eating right and physical activity
2. 2.Find out the current diet and physical activity among urban, children in India and the factors that affect them
3. 3.Assess the extent of their awareness about eating right and physical activity

Conditions

Pediatric Nutrition

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Actual food choice

  The children were offered a selection of food items to choose from, and the actual selection were documented.

  Immediately after the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Subjective food choice

  Immediately after the intervention

• Knowledge of healthy eating

  Immediately after the intervention

• Knowledge of physical activity

  Immediately after the intervention

Study Arms (2)

Fooya mobile game

EXPERIMENTAL

An arm that receives a mobile-app-based treatment.

Other: Fooya mobile game

Uno board game

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

An arm that receives a non mobile-app-based treatment.

Other: Uno board game

Interventions

Fooya mobile game OTHER

An application that incorporates the science and technology of immersive gaming, neuropsychology and cognitive behavior therapy in a mobile health game to target early childhood nutrition literacy and health promotion in a fun and exciting way.

Fooya mobile game

Uno board game OTHER

A popular board game which is not a mobile app.

Uno board game

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years - 11 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• class (grade) 5 students

You may not qualify if:

• none

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Center for Communication and Change India: lead
• Johns Hopkins University: collaborator
• Carnegie Mellon University: collaborator
• Hofstra University: collaborator
• FriendsLearn Inc.: collaborator
• The Mithra Trust: collaborator
• Mind in Motion: collaborator
• Seethapathy Clinic & Hospital: collaborator

Related Publications (1)

• Kato-Lin YC, Kumar UB, Sri Prakash B, Prakash B, Varadan V, Agnihotri S, Subramanyam N, Krishnatray P, Padman R. Impact of Pediatric Mobile Game Play on Healthy Eating Behavior: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2020 Nov 18;8(11):e15717. doi: 10.2196/15717.

  PMID: 33206054 DERIVED

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 5, 2019
• First Posted: September 9, 2019
• Study Start: June 14, 2016
• Primary Completion: December 9, 2016
• Study Completion: December 9, 2016
• Last Updated: September 9, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-09