None listed
Conditions
Interventions
A nationally representative sample of low fruit and vegetable consumers was randomised to one of three groups for this postal intervention: the tailored group (to receive three six-weekly 5+YourWay ® -generated individually tailored print communications, representing innovative practice), the generic group (to receive three six-weekly Ministry of Health "one size fits all" print messages, representing usual practice).
Sponsors
Louise A. Mainvil
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
25 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
A nationally representative sample of New Zealanders, was drawn from the New Zealand electoral rolls and screened via a postal survey. Respondents were eligible for group assignment if they had low fruit and vegetable consumption (ie. they were not in the maintenance stage of change for both the fruit goal and the vegetable goal, or were not eating 9 or more servings of fruit and vegetables per day) and had no self-reported medical conditions preventing them from eating at least 2 fruit and 3 vegetable servings each day. Eligible respondents gave their informed consent to participate in a one-year trial, lived in New Zealand, and were not living in supervised care.
Exclusion criteria
No exclusion criteria
Outcome results
None listed