Cooking Classes for Young Adults With ID

NCT05385016 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Study 148424
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 21
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility and initial efficacy of a healthy lifestyles intervention for the prevention of weight gain and the promotion of basic life skills related to improving health in transition age young adults with intellectual disabilities.

Conditions

Intellectual Disability, Mild to Moderate

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Attendance

  The health coach will record attendance at all sessions. The outcome variable will be the percentage of attendance out of the total 12 scheduled exercise sessions attended.

  Across 12 weeks

• Retention

  We will calculate the percent of participants who complete the 12 week intervention.

  Across 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (13)

• Cooking Skills

  Change from Baseline to 12 weeks

• Fitness

  Change from Baseline to 12 weeks

• Lower Body Strength

  Change from Baseline to 12 weeks

• Upper Body Strength

  Change from Baseline to 12 weeks

• Height

  Change from Baseline to 12 weeks

Other Outcomes (1)

• Semi Structure Interview

  Week 12

Study Arms (1)

Education Arm

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will attend weekly two hour small group instruction sessions. All sessions will have an education component, a hands-on nutrition/cooking lesson, and a group exercise session. Two health educators will be present during group sessions with one leading

Behavioral: Cooking Skills; Behavioral: Physical Activity

Interventions

Cooking Skills BEHAVIORAL

This session will consist of a hands-on cooking demonstration in a demo kitchen. Skills addressed in this portion of the session will include proper kitchen utensil and appliance use, measuring dry and wet ingredients, following/reading a recipe, preparing ingredients, cooking a meal, etc. The participant will follow a visual recipe that provides a breakdown of each skill needed to complete each step of the recipe. Additionally, during the cooking session investigators will address nutrition topics related to food/kitchen safety, basic nutrition education (i.e., portion sizes, food groups, reading food labels, meal planning etc.) in a discussion format.

Education Arm

Physical Activity BEHAVIORAL

This session will consist of a group functional fitness class. Each session will include a warm-up (\~5 min) moderate-to-vigorous intensity aerobic and resistance exercise (\~20 min) and cool-down/stretching (\~5 min). Exercises may be accompanied by music and will include walking/jogging, dancing, imitating animal movements, vertical/horizontal jumps, squats, hurdles, walking on balance beam etc. Thera-Band, kettle bells, free weights, and medicine balls will be used during strength exercises for major muscle groups. These sessions will be led by certified personal trainers with experience in adaptive physical activity.

Education Arm

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Diagnosis of an Intellectual Disability.
• Age: 18-30 yrs.
• Functional ability sufficient to understand directions and to communicate through spoken language.
• Reside in a supported living condition either at home or with no more than 1-4 residents and have a study partner (i.e., parent, staff who agrees to serve as support partner).
• Wireless Internet access in the home.
• Ability to walk without assistance.
• Consent from physician to do physical activity.

You may not qualify if:

• Actively participating in another research study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Kansas Medical Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Danon JC, Koon L, Sherman JR, Rice AM, Quaife S, Helsel BC, Bodde A, Ptomey LT. Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a skill-based lifestyle intervention for enhancing cooking abilities and physical fitness in young adults with intellectual disabilities. Disabil Health J. 2025 Apr;18(2):101767. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2024.101767. Epub 2024 Dec 4.

  PMID: 39648079 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Intellectual Disability

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 2, 2022
• First Posted: May 23, 2022
• Study Start: May 24, 2022
• Primary Completion: October 31, 2023
• Study Completion: October 31, 2023
• Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)