Food Is Medicine: Makin' Healthy Groceries

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hypertension
• Interventions: Behavioral: Grocery Vouchers

• Registration Number: NCT06214806
• Lead Sponsor: Duke University

Brief Summary

This is a minimal risk study focusing on food purchasing and consumption in 100 subjects in the greater New Orleans area. There is evidence showing that individually-targeted vouchers effectively increase category-level food purchases in both less healthful and more healthful categories. This pilot study will investigate whether a voucher program using Instacart or a local, brick-and-mortar supermarket in New Orleans, LA lead to changes in food purchasing patterns, food consumption, food insecurity, and access to healthy food options for the participants, who are at risk of cardiovascular disease and/or cardiac complications. The study will also measure concordance between food purchasing and actual consumption.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-01-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-01-10
• Study First Posted: 2024-01-22
• Study Start: 2024-03-12
• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Primary Completion: 2024-10-20
• Study Completion: 2024-10-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-27
• Last Update Posted: 2024-12-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 97

Inclusion Criteria

• Greater than or equal to 50 years of age
• Uncontrolled hypertension (defined as at least two clinically documented blood pressure readings of systolic BP >= 140 AND diastolic BP >=90 in the prior 6 months)
• Understands English

Exclusion Criteria

• No internet access (at home, library, relative, or though phone plan)
• No adequate transportation (personal car, reliable ride, bus, and/or Uber/Lyft) in the New Orleans area

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Instacart	Grocery Vouchers	Voucher for grocery purchase and delivery via Instacart
Rouses Market	Grocery Vouchers	Voucher for grocery purchase in-person at Rouses Market in New Orleans

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in food consumption	Baseline, every month for 5 months	Self-reported consumption of servings of fruits and vegetables combined, assessed through food frequency questionnaire

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in food purchasing	Every month, between months 1-5	Imputed dollar amount spent on fruits and vegetables, derived from purchasing data
Use of voucher	Every month, between months 1-5	Average dollar amount of voucher spent per month

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

University Medical Center New Orleans - LCMC Health; 🇺🇸 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI); 🇺🇸 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States