Online vs. Face-to-face Nutritional Advice in Kuwait (EatWellQ8)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dietary Habits; Dietary Modification
• Interventions: Behavioral: Online personalised advice; Behavioral: Face-to-face personalised advice; Behavioral: Non-personalised advice

• Registration Number: NCT03396263
• Lead Sponsor: University of Reading

Brief Summary

The EatWellQ8 study aims to investigate the effectiveness of a mobile web application (e-Nutri), capable of delivering automated personalised nutrition advice, compared with face-to-face nutritional advice, in increasing diet quality.

Dietary assessment is via the validated Food4Me FFQ (with an updated user interface that has been designed for better usability) and dietary feedback is derived according to adherence to an 11-item modified US Alternative Healthy Eating Index (m-AHEI).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-12-24
• Study First Submitted: 2018-01-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-01-04
• Study First Posted: 2018-01-10
• Primary Completion: 2018-09-03
• Study Completion: 2018-10-22
• Status Verified: 2019-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-03-22
• Last Update Posted: 2019-03-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 320

Inclusion Criteria

• aged > 21 years

Exclusion Criteria

• aged < 21 years old
• not living in the UK
• pregnant/lactating
• no or limited access to internet
• following a prescribed diet for any reason
• intolerance or food allergy
• subject with diabetes, or any other metabolic disorder or illness that alters nutritional requirements

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Online personalised advice	Online personalised advice	Online (web-based) delivery of personalised dietary, weight and physical activity advice based on the individual's dietary intake, weight and physical activity levels, generated by the e-Nutri web application. Participants in this group will receive online personalised reports.
Face-to-face personalised advice	Face-to-face personalised advice	Face-to-face delivery of personalised dietary, weight and physical activity advice based on the individual's dietary intake, weight and physical activity levels, generated by the e-Nutri web application. Participants in this group will receive nutritional advice face-to-face (in person or via video chat).
Control	Non-personalised advice	Non-personalised advice Control group. Online (web-based) delivery of non- personalised dietary, weight and physical activity advice based on the UK general health guidelines. This arm will be using the e-Nutri web application. Participants in this group will receive online general recommendations (non- personalised).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Dietary change	baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks	Change from baseline in dietary intake at 6 and 12 weeks assessed via a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ). An 11-item modified US Alternative Healthy Eating Index (m-AHEI), which is calculated from the results of the FFQ, will be used to quantify the dietary intake changes.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Weight	baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks	Change from baseline in self-reported weight (kg) at 6 and 12 weeks. Weight variation will be combined with height (constant for adults) and also reported as BMI variation (kg/mˆ2).
Physical activity	baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks	Change from baseline in self-reported physical activity (Baecke questionnaire) at 6 and 12 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Dasman Diabetes Institute; 🇰🇼 Kuwait City, Kuwait

University of Reading; 🇬🇧 Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom