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Nourishing the Community Through Culinary Medicine

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Diabetes
Interventions
Behavioral: Virtual Culinary Medicine
Registration Number
NCT05624775
Lead Sponsor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to adapt existing Nourish Program curriculum for synchronous virtual delivery,to implement adapted virtual Culinary Medicine (CM)curriculum among target population, to assess if program participation improves participant dietary behaviors, nutrition knowledge, and cooking skills and behaviors above standard of care, to assess if program participation improves patient levels of HbA1c, Body Mass Index, Blood Pressure, HDL, LDL and Triglycerides above standard of care and to determine the feasibility and reproducibility of virtual synchronous CM classes in patients with diabetes.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
104
Inclusion Criteria
  • type 2 diabetes and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) >7.0
  • receiving care at Sanitas Medical Center clinics in August 2021 - August 2023
  • English speaking or Spanish speaking.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients without the technological support needed to participate in the program (e.g., reliable internet and device - cell phone, tablet or laptop);
  • Patients with terminal or late-stage conditions (e.g., advanced stage chronic kidney disease);
  • Patients with uncontrolled mental disorder that interferes with participation in active programming;
  • Patients with physical impairment that interferes with participation in active programming

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Virtual Culinary MedicineVirtual Culinary Medicine-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Healthy Food Servings by the Nourishing the Community Through Culinary Medicine survey (NCCM)Baseline, post intervention (upto 10 weeks after baseline)

This consists of 3 items that are scored from 1 \[None\] to 6 \[4 servings or more\] for a maximum score of 18, a higher number indicating a better outcome.

Change in cooking self-efficacy by the Nourishing the Community Through Culinary Medicine survey (NCCM)Baseline, post intervention (upto 10 weeks after baseline)

This consists of 10 items that are scored from 1 \[Not sure at all\] to 5 \[Extremely sure\], for a maximum of 50, with a higher number indicating more self-efficacy. Five items ask about self-efficacy before the program, and five ask about self-efficacy after the program.

Change in Diabetes Management by the Nourishing the Community Through Culinary Medicine survey (NCCM)Baseline, post intervention (upto 10 weeks after baseline)

This consists of 18 items. The first 16 items that are scored from 1 \[Does not apply to me\] to 4 \[Applies to me very much\] and the remaining 2 items are dichotomous scored \[Yes=1\] to \[No=0\], for a maximum score of 68, with a higher number indicates a better diabetes self-management.

Change in Typical food consumption behaviors by the Nourishing the Community Through Culinary Medicine survey (NCCM)Baseline, post intervention (upto 10 weeks after baseline)

This consists of 7 items that are scored from 1 \[Not at all\] to 5 \[More than once a day\] for a maximum score of 35, a higher number indicating better outcome.

Change in Shopping, cooking, and eating behaviors by the Nourishing the Community Through Culinary Medicine survey (NCCM)Baseline, post intervention (upto 10 weeks after baseline)

This consists of 9 items that are scored from 1 \[Never\] to 5 \[Always\], for a maximum score of 45, with a higher number indicating more ideal shopping, cooking and eating behaviors that align with program goals.

Change in Perceived Barriers to Healthy Eating by the Nourishing the Community Through Culinary Medicine survey (NCCM)Baseline, post intervention (upto 10 weeks after baseline)

This consists of 9 items that are scored from 1 \[Strongly Disagree\] to 5 \[Strongly Agree\] for a maximum score of 45, a higher number indicating more perceived barriers.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)baseline (within 90 days of starting the NCCM program), at program completion (within 90 days of NCCM program completion), and post 6-months completion of NCCM (within 90 days of 6-months completion of NCCM)
Change in High-density lipoprotein (HDL)baseline (within 90 days of starting the NCCM program), at program completion (within 90 days of NCCM program completion), and post 6-months completion of NCCM (within 90 days of 6-months completion of NCCM)
Change in systolic Blood Pressurebaseline (within 90 days of starting the NCCM program), at program completion (within 90 days of NCCM program completion), and post 6-months completion of NCCM (within 90 days of 6-months completion of NCCM)
Change in low-density lipoprotein (LDL)baseline (within 90 days of starting the NCCM program), at program completion (within 90 days of NCCM program completion), and post 6-months completion of NCCM (within 90 days of 6-months completion of NCCM)
Change in Body Mass Indexbaseline (within 90 days of starting the NCCM program), at program completion (within 90 days of NCCM program completion), and post 6-months completion of NCCM (within 90 days of 6-months completion of NCCM)
Change in diastolic Blood Pressurebaseline (within 90 days of starting the NCCM program), at program completion (within 90 days of NCCM program completion), and post 6-months completion of NCCM (within 90 days of 6-months completion of NCCM)
Change in Triglyceridebaseline (within 90 days of starting the NCCM program), at program completion (within 90 days of NCCM program completion), and post 6-months completion of NCCM (within 90 days of 6-months completion of NCCM)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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Houston, Texas, United States

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