The Effect of Board Game-Based Nutrition Education on Primary School Children

NCT05894174 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: KENT-BES-BC-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study to design a board game that will enable primary school children to recognize foods by enabling them to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy foods by going beyond the traditional education patterns and to compare the effects of this board game-based nutrition education intervention on children's behaviors, self-efficacy, and attitudes with the control group in which no intervention was made.

Conditions

Nutrition Assessment; Education; Child Behavior

Keywords

Dietary Intake; Behavior; Self Efficacy; Attitude

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Change in Food Behavior Scale (FBS)

  It was developed to measure children's habit of consuming low-fat/salt foods in contrast to high-fat/salt food options. A validity and reliability study was conducted (Cronbach's alpha coefficient 0.68). The items of the scale consisting of 14 questions with 2 options take a value of -1 for unhealthy food and +1 for healthy food and the total score varies between -14 and +14. A high total score on the scale indicates healthy eating habits.

  Baseline and four weeks

• Change in Children's Dietary Self- Efficacy Scale (CDSS)

  It was developed to measure children's self-confidence to choose low-fat and low-salt foods despite the fatty and salty food options. A reliability and validity study was conducted (Cronbach's alpha coefficient 0.79). It is a 3-point Likert-type scale consisting of 15 items. Scale items can be scored between -1 and +1 (-1: not sure, 0: somewhat sure, +1: very sure) and the total score varies between -15 and +15. A high total score on the scale indicates a high self-efficacy value.

  Baseline and four weeks

• Change in Nutrition Attitude Subscale (NAS)

  It's the nutrition-related subscale of the Child Heart Health Promotion Attitude Scale, which normally consists of 4 subscales with 16 questions. The aim of the scale is to assess the heart health promotion attitudes of school-age children. The validity and reliability of this Likert-type scale has been studied (Cronbach's alpha coefficient 0.68). In the study, the scale consists of 4 questions and the scale items are scored as 1 "strongly disagree" and 4 "strongly agree" and the total score that can be obtained varies between a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 16 points. A high total score indicates a positive attitude.

  Baseline and four weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change in The Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ)

  Baseline and four weeks

Study Arms (2)

Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention group refers to the group that will the "Food Hunter" board game intervention developed by the researchers to enable children to recognize healthy and unhealthy foods; to learn what vitamins and minerals are necessary for children in the growth and development period, their effects on our health and in which foods they are found.

Behavioral: Board Game

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group refers to the group that will not receive any nutrition education intervention.

Interventions

Board Game BEHAVIORAL

Food Hunter board game intervention, which includes various nutrient cards and question cards and is played with pawns and dice, will be played with children for approximately 4 weeks, one day a week and one session (40 minutes) with the researcher dietitian. By talking about the nutrients in the game on the game cards, children will be able to recognize the nutrients and important points will be emphasized for the participants with the answers to the cards containing various questions about healthy nutrition.

Intervention Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 9 Years - 11 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• In the 3 schools where the study will be carried out
• th grade student
• Does not have any physical disability related to vision, hearing and speech
• Without any chronic or metabolic disease

You may not qualify if:

• Having any chronic or metabolic disease
• Can't read and write

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istanbul Kent University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Beyzanur Çamlıbel

Istanbul, Gaziosmanpaşa, 34240, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Child Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Beyzanur Çamlıbel

  Istanbul Kent University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Outcome assessments will be performed by a investigator who was blinded to group allocation
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Assistant

Model Details: Two groups with the intervention group in which the game was applied and the control group

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 18, 2023
• First Posted: June 8, 2023
• Study Start: May 19, 2023
• Primary Completion: June 2, 2023
• Study Completion: June 15, 2023
• Last Updated: June 18, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)