Evaluation of a Practice-oriented Recovery Program for Female Endurance Athletes With Relative Energy Deficiency - The FUEL Programme
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 50
- 试验地点
- 7
- 主要终点
- Low Energy Availability in Females Questionnaire score
研究概览
简要总结
The aim of this study is to develop, implement and evaluate the effects of a 16 week practice orientated sports nutrition education and counselling program aiming to improve energy availability and to investigate the effects on physiological and psychological health, sports nutrition knowledge, and athletic performance in well-trained female endurance athletes with risk of RED-S. The FUEL (in Norwegian: Forstå Utholdenhetsidretts Ernæring - et Læringsprogram; in English: Food and nUtrition for Endurance athletes - a Learning program) recovery program consists of virtual lectures with central themes within sports nutrition in addition to individual consultations.
详细描述
The current project is a reversed version of the original project which included a wide range of laboratory measurements, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic the investigators had to change the test protocol to a "corona friendly" version without any physical contact between the investigators and the participants. The cancellation of laboratory tests affects many key aspects and outcomes of the project's initial plan, including the initial primary outcome energy availability which require accurate measurement of fat free mass. This ungoing project is therefore marked by the drastic decisions that had to be made immediately before recruitment considering the corona pandemic.
The investigators aim to develop, implement and evaluate a 16-week practice orientated online sports nutrition education and counselling program for female endurance athletes at risk of RED-S. The study will be evaluated in terms of changes in self-reported physiological and psychological health parameters as well as the participants' reported experiences.
A systematic evaluation of the FUEL program will be provided based on the RE-AIM framework.
The following research questions will be addressed:
Can the FUEL recovery program...
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 35 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Non-smoking
- •Non-contraceptive using
- •Competitive female endurance athletes
- •18-35 years of age
- •training minimum 5 times a week
- •Athletes with LEAF-Q score ≥ 8 and EDE-Q score < 2.5 from part 1 will be invited to participate in the 16 week FUEL intervention
排除标准
- •Pregnancy or planned pregnancy
- •Risk of eating disorders defined as an EDE-Q score ≥ 2.5
- •chronic diseases (e.g. diabetes, crohn's disease, thyroid dysfunction)
- •Use of any medication that may disturb hormonal balance
结局指标
主要结局
Low Energy Availability in Females Questionnaire score
时间窗: 16 weeks
In this reversed project description, the primary outcome will be change in LEAF-Q score from pre- to post intervention. Low Energy Availability in Females Questionnaire (LEAF-Q) assess menstrual funktion, gatsrointestinal funktion and injuries and have been widely used to detect female athletes at risk for RED-S. The questinnaire have been validated in Scandinavian female elite endurance athletes. A score of 8 or more is assessed as a sign of low energy availability. Based on an initial analysis during the recruitment phase with an expected improvement in LEAF-Q score of 3 and Type I and Type II error of 5% and 20% respectively, the power calculation suggest 28 subjects in each group. To account for dropouts, the investigators aim for 35 participants in each group.
次要结局
- Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF)(16 weeks, 6 and 12 months)
- Sport performance(16 weeks, 6 and 12 months)
- Menstrual bleeding frequency(16 weeks)
- Eating Disorder examination questionnaire (EDE-Q 6.0)(16 weeks, 6 and 12 months)
- Self-perceived knowledge about sports nutrition(16 weeks, 6 and 12 months)
- Participant evaluation(1 week after end intervention)
- Sports nutrition related behavior(16 weeks, 6 and 12 months)
- Experiences with participation in the FUEL project(Approximately four weeks after end intervention)
- Exercise addiction(16 weeks, 6 and 12 months)
- Sleep quantity(16 weeks)
- Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) subscale score Drive for Thinness (DT)(16 weeks, 6 and 12 months)
- Knowledge about sports nutrition for female endurance athletes(16 weeks)
- Appetite(16 weeks)
- Readiness to train(16 weeks)
- Sleep quality(16 weeks)
- Carbohydrate availability(16 weeks)
- Nutrients(16 weeks)
研究者
Monica Klungland Torstveit
Professor
University of Agder