Text Message Program to Improve Eating Behaviors Among African Americans in New Orleans
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 44
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Beverage intake
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this pilot study is to test the feasibility and effectiveness of a mobile phone-based text messaging intervention to change the attitudes and eating behaviors of African American women residing in New Orleans, LA.
详细描述
Design: The proposed study is a pre/post-test design where up to 60 female adult black/African Americans in Orleans and Jefferson Parish, Louisiana will be recruited to participated (Intervention, n=30; control n=30). If a woman is interested in participating, she will be asked to complete an evaluation/screen to determine if they are eligible for the study and asked to consent to participate. If a woman consents to participate they will be randomized to one of 2 groups:
- Intervention group: Text messages to promote healthy eating: In this group, participants will receive personalized text messages to encourage healthy eating, specifically to increase consumption of fruits, vegetables and water; and a reduction in sugar sweetened beverages. They will receive some messages that will ask for a reply. They will receive an average of 1-2 messages per day for 4 weeks.
- Control group: Control group participants will receive non-nutrition-related physical activity and general health/wellbeing text message. They will receive the text messages an average of 1-2 messages per day for 4 weeks
All participants will be asked to do the following tests that are not used to determine eligibility: Complete questionnaires about their background, nutrition habits, physical activity habits, health history, beliefs and opinions about health and habits. Data will be analyzed by comparing assessment outcomes within and across study arms (i.e., intervention, control).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
盲法说明
An online randomizer software was used to assign participants into one of two arms.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 25 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Age range: 25 years of age or older
- •Gender: Women
- •Ethnic background: African American or Black
- •Location: Orleans and Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
- •Own a mobile phone
- •Open to being assigned to either the intervention or control group.
- •Willing and able to use their phone to read, receive and send text messages and phone calls.
- •No overt cardiovascular disease or acute symptomatology. (self-reported).
排除标准
- •Age range: under 25 years of age
- •Ethnic background: not African American or Black
- •Location: Live outside of Orleans and Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
- •Does not own a mobile phone
- •Not open to being assigned to either the intervention or control group.
- •Unwilling and unable to use their phone to read, receive and send text messages and phone calls.
- •Overt cardiovascular disease or acute symptomatology. (self-reported).
研究组 & 干预措施
Telephone (text messages) support for healthy eating
Participants will receive average of 1-2 text messages per day for 4 weeks focused on health eating with the aim increasing consumption of fruits, vegetables and water; and a reduce intake of sugar sweetened beverages.
干预措施: Texts to support healthy eating (Behavioral)
Telephone (text messages) support for physical activity
Participants will receive an average of 1-2 text messages per day for 4 weeks that offer physical activity and general health/wellbeing advice.
干预措施: Texts to support physical activity (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Beverage intake
时间窗: Baseline and 4 weeks
Change in beverage intake intake from baseline to 4 weeks as measured by self-report via the (Beverage Intake Questionnaire-15 (BEVQ-15). Scale Range: Frequency of intake (of beverage option) - Never (minimum) to 3+ times per day (maximum); Consumption (of each beverage option)- Less than 6 fl. oz. (minimum) to more than 20 fl. oz (maximum). To score the instrument, frequency ("How often") is converted to the unit of times per day, then multiplied by the amount consumed ("How much each time") to provide average daily beverage consumption in fl oz. To quantify total SSB consumption, beverage categories containing added sugars were summed (sweetened juice beverages/drinks, regular soft drinks, sweet tea, sweetened coffee, energy drinks, mixed alcoholic drinks, meal replacement beverages).
Fruit and vegetable intake
时间窗: Baseline and 4 weeks
Change in fruit and vegetable intake from baseline to 4 weeks as measured by self-report via the NCI Fruit and Vegetable Intake Screener (from the Eating at America's Table Study). Scale Range: Frequency of intake (fruit, vegetable) - Never (minimum) to 5+ times per day (maximum); and Portion of fruit or vegetable (cup equivalents based on dietary guidelines). To score, 1) express each reported frequency as a daily average by standardizing the midpoint of each frequency category to the number of times per day; 2) assign fruit and vegetable servings from dietary guidelines to each portion size category; and 3) compute the average daily fruit and vegetable servings for each food group by multiplying the average daily frequency (from #1) by the number of servings for the portion size (as determined in #2). To estimate the total daily number of servings, sum across all food groups (i.e., fruit and vegetable subgroups).
次要结局
- Self-efficacy to improve fruit and vegetable intake(Baseline and 4 weeks)
研究者
Jylana L. Sheats
Assistant Professor
Tulane University