Exploring the Use of myfood24 (an Online Nutritional Assessment Tool) in Clinical Dietetic Practice

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Nutrition Therapy; Food Habits; Nutritional Disorders
• Interventions: Device: myfood24

• Registration Number: NCT04039282
• Lead Sponsor: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Brief Summary

Dietary assessment is a key component of the dietetic care process. Assessments usually take place within dietetic consultations using methods such as 24-hour recall and paper food diaries. This study will examine the feasibility of using an online dietary assessment tool, myfood24 as an alternative to current dietary assessment practices and explore the barriers and facilitators to its use within dietetic clinical practice. This will be a mixed method study using questionnaires and semi structures interviews with both dietitians and patients. Dietitians, and patients with a range of clinical conditions referred to an NHS Dietetic Service, will be recruited. Patients will be asked to trial the system to record their food intake prior to their dietetic appointment. This data will then be used for the dietary assessment within the consultation. Following this, patients and dietitians will be interviewed about their experiences. Quantitative data will be statistically analysed, and thematic analysis will be used to analyse qualitative data.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-07-22
• Study First Submitted: 2019-07-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-07-29
• Study First Posted: 2019-07-31
• Status Verified: 2019-09
• Primary Completion: 2020-03-31
• Study Completion: 2020-03-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-03-16
• Last Update Posted: 2021-03-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 56

Inclusion Criteria

• Aged over 18 years
• Referred to the STH Dietetic Department
• Willing and able to attend a dietetic out-patient appointment
• Can read and understand English
• Have access to the internet
• Willing to engage in technology as part of their care
• Have or willing to obtain their own email address

Exclusion Criteria

• Under 18 years
• Unable or unwilling to attend a dietetic out-patient appointment
• Unable to read and understand English
• No access to the internet
• Unwilling to engage in technology as part of their care
• Does not have or unwilling to obtain their own email address

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patient Participant	myfood24	Patients will be asked to complete an 3 days worth of an online dietary recall prior to their out patient appointment with the dietitian
Dietitian Participant	myfood24	The Dietitian will be asked to review the patients completed dietary recalls prior to the patient attending their out patient appointment.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
System Usability	After patients have used the system. Approximately 4 to 8 weeks after baseline.	System usability score is generated using system usability scale - a validated questionnaire.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Patient Activation	Baseline and end of intervention. (approximately 3 months from baseline)	Patient activation score will be generated using Patient Activation Measure (PAM) a validated questionnaire.
Acceptability of using the system as part of dietetic care	The acceptability questionnaire and interviews will be completed at the end of the intervention.(approx 3 months from baseline)	This will be generated using (I) Acceptability questionnaire for patients using a non-validated questionnaire and (2) Through participant interviews.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals; 🇬🇧 Sheffield, United Kingdom