Assessing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Virtual Food Skills Program for Children With Type 1 Diabetes During COVID-19

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Type 1 Diabetes
• Interventions: Other: summerlunch+ At Home Food Skills Program

• Registration Number: NCT05197114
• Lead Sponsor: The Hospital for Sick Children

Brief Summary

Food forms an integral part of diabetes management. As children mature into young adults, they must learn to adopt lifestyle behaviours critical for optimal diabetes care. The development of food preparation and cooking skills at a young age may help to facilitate healthy food choices in children and provide a solid foundation for young adulthood. Food skills workshops are effective interventions that have been shown to improve food literacy and healthy eating in the general pediatric population. However, food skills programs have not been adequately evaluated in children with type 1 diabetes. Further, virtual programs are not well assessed, which can increase the accessibility of food education during the pandemic and in the future.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-12-29
• Status Verified: 2022-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-01-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-01-17
• Study First Posted: 2022-01-19
• Last Update Posted: 2022-01-19
• Study Start: 2022-01-25
• Primary Completion: 2022-03-25
• Study Completion: 2022-09-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Type 1 diabetes for over one year

Exclusion Criteria

• Type 1 diabetes for less than one year, non-English speaking, do not have access to a computer or internet

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	summerlunch+ At Home Food Skills Program	There will be one arm to the study, and all participants will be receiving the intervention.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility and acceptability of the virtual summerlunch+At Home program	Six months	Questionaire

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The impact of the program on food literacy skills children's attitude towards cooking, cooking confidence, food knowledge and food preferences -	Two months, three months and six months	Questionnaire to measure the change in food literacy skills before and after the program.
Changes in glycemic control as measured through HbA1C levels	Two months, three months and six months	Routine blood work

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Hospital for Sick Children; 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada