The Use of a Consumer-Based mHealth Dietary App and Health Coaching With Kidney Transplant Recipients
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Kidney Transplant
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
- Enrollment
- 20
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- The Feasibility of the Study Recruitment for the Study
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of the study is to test the feasibility mHealth dietary app + health coaching for improving primary outcomes (recruitment, retention, and adherence) and secondary outcomes (perceived stress [ Perceived Stress Scale], exercise self-efficacy[Exercise Self-efficacy Scale], vegetable intake [Fruit, Vegetables, and Fiber Screen] fat intake [Lose-it Premium database], carbohydrate intake [Lose-it Premium database], weight, [Wi-Fi weight scale using the Lose-it Premium database], and blood pressure [Wi-Fi blood pressure cuff using the Lose-it Premium database].
Detailed Description
The proposed study seeks to shift the paradigm for promoting diet intake and physical activity using education and self-report to provide a powerful combination of mHealth dietary app and health coaching (set goals, provide ongoing feedback, and self-monitor behaviors). To the investigators knowledge, this is the first time a mHealth dietary app and health coaching intervention has been used in kidney transplant recipients to link real-time data for monitoring dietary intake and physical activity. The long-term goal of this work is to enhance well-being in kidney recipients via lifestyle self-management of care for dietary intake and physical activity to ultimately prevent chronic diseases. The proposed study is important because early weight gain after kidney transplant is associated with adverse effects on the transplanted kidney function resulting in increased health care cost and poor quality of life. Interventions are needed to monitor kidney transplant recipients diet and physical activity in real-time to prevent health decline.
Investigators
Tara O'Brien
Assistant Professor at Center for Healthy Aging, Self-Management and Complex Care, Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing/National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence
Ohio State University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •age 18 or older men and women
- •functioning KTR (not on dialysis)
- •ability to speak, read, and hear English,
- •possession of a smartphone capable of accessing and downloading a mHealth dietary app
- •Wi-Fi or Internet access,
- •greater than 3 months post-transplant (due to medication adjustments and decreased functional levels),
- •not hospitalized
- •capable of self-consent per capacity screening.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Participation in a weight loss program
- •participation in a structured exercise program
- •diagnosis of dementia.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
The Feasibility of the Study Recruitment for the Study
Time Frame: Baseline
Recruitment (percent of participants approached to be in the study), will be recorded by the research assistant.
The Feasibility of Participant Retention for the Study
Time Frame: Assessed at Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks
Retention (percent of participants that dropped during the study), will be recorded by the research assistant.
The Feasibility of Adherence for Using the Lose- It App to Record Diet
Time Frame: Weekly for 12 weeks
Adherence (percent to adhere to logging daily dietary intake) will be recorded continuously each day by the "Lose-It" app.
The Feasibility of Adherence for Using the Lose- It App to Physical Actvity
Time Frame: Weekly for 12 weeks
Adherence (percent to adhere to logging daily physical activity) will be recorded continuously each day by the "Lose-It" app.
Secondary Outcomes
- Perceived Stress Level(Assessed at Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks)
- Exercise Self-Efficacy(Assessed at Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks)
- Fruit and Vegetable Servings Per Day(Assessed at Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks)
- Fiber Intake(Assessed at Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks)
- Fat Intake(Assessed at Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks)
- Carbohydrate Intake(Assessed at Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks)
- Weight(Assessed at Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks)
- Systolic Blood Pressure(Assessed at Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks)
- Diastolic Blood Pressure(Assessed at Baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks)