A Brief Intervention for Food Insecurity in Dietetic Practice

NCT04255654 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CoventryU
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 52
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

1 in 10 people in the UK cannot afford enough nutritious food to eat, to help them and their family stay healthy. We aim to find out what it would be like for both dietitians and their clients to be asked, routinely in a dietetic appointment, about having enough food to eat. Your dietitian will ask you 2 questions about your access to food and, if you want, they will discuss some options which might be helpful for you if your access to food is limited. Some of the discussions that take place (regarding the intervention only) will be audio recorded with your consent to check they are being done correctly. If options which might be helpful for you to get more access to food were required you will then be asked to take part in a telephone interview, which will be audio recorded and will involve discussing your experience of the intervention and what you did with the information provided. After this telephone interview, this will be the end of the study for you.

Conditions

Food Deprivation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Feasibility of the intervention

  Feasibility is to be measured by the number of dietetic service users consenting to take part, the number of completed brief interventions and the number of dietetic service users identified with food insecurity.

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Dietitian User Acceptability

  6 months

• Dietitian Acceptability

  6 months

Study Arms (1)

Brief Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

There is only 1 intervention for this study. They will have the brief intervention completed on them. There is no control group.

Other: Brief Intervention for Food Insecurity

Interventions

Brief Intervention for Food Insecurity OTHER

2 item screening tool (brief intervention)

Brief Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Attending dietitian clinic
• Is ≥18 years of age or their main care giver is ≥18 years of age
• Is willing and able to provide informed consent to participate and comply with the study procedures
• Is able to understand English

You may not qualify if:

• The dietitian deems it inappropriate to make an opportunistic brief intervention on food insecurity. This includes personal and medical reasons known to the dietitian or reasons related to the consultation (for example the dietitian service user has become distressed and it would seem insensitive to complete the intervention at that time).
• Is \<18 years of age and their main care giver is \<18 years of age
• No interpreter present, therefore the potential participant is unable to understand and speak English sufficiently to give informed consent
• Lacks capacity to give informed consent.
• Has a diagnosed severe eating disorder

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Coventry University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Coventry University

Coventry, England, CV1 5FB, United Kingdom

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Crisis Intervention; Food Insecurity

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Food Supply; Food Industry; Industry; Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Study Officials

• Deborah Lycett, Prof

  Coventry University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor in Religious Health Interventions & Dietetic Practice

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 17, 2020
• First Posted: February 5, 2020
• Study Start: August 28, 2019
• Primary Completion: January 21, 2020
• Study Completion: January 21, 2020
• Last Updated: April 8, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)