Helping Young Children Improve Eating
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 156
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study will evaluate the impact of different types of educational materials on parent and child feeding behaviors. Specifically, the investigators will test the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of an investigator-developed series of parent training videos designed to teach behavioral strategies to promote feeding in young children with feeding difficulties.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Parents of patients ages 18 months through 6 years currently on the waitlist (for an estimated time of at least 4-6 weeks) for outpatient feeding therapy, or with feeding concerns identified in a primary care visit; English-speaking parents; parent has the technology to access the videos and REDCap survey.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Parents of patients not currently eating by mouth; parents of patients currently being treated by a psychologist, occupational therapist, or speech therapist to address feeding, eating, or swallowing skills; parents of patients who have aspirated on their most recent videofluoroscopic swallow study or who currently have a tracheostomy.
Arms & Interventions
Video plus educational handout
Intervention: Parent Education Videos (Behavioral)
Video plus educational handout
Intervention: Educational Handout (Behavioral)
Educational handout
Intervention: Educational Handout (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment
Time Frame: 4 weeks
Parent questionnaire that measures parent and child feeding behaviors and attitudes. A higher score indicates more difficulties.
Secondary Outcomes
- Food Frequency Questionnaire(4 weeks)
Investigators
Kelly Tanner
Principal Investigator
Nationwide Children's Hospital