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Pilot randomized controlled trial of an online Nutrition information and behavior change program for people with Multiple Sclerosis (NutriMS-Plus)

Pilot randomized controlled trial of an online Nutrition information and behavior change program for people with Multiple Sclerosis (NutriMS-Plus) - NutriMS-Plus

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00034413
Enrollment
57
Registered
2025-04-01
Start date
2025-06-05
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-01-12

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

G35

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group 1: Access to NutriMS-Plus Group 2: Intervention group 2: Access to NutriMS-Plus with additional personal counselling Group 3: Wait list control group: Access to NutriMS-Plu

Sponsors

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Institut für Neuroimmunologie und Multiple Sklerose
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Internet access, ability to read German, confirmed MS-diagnosis based on a physician's letter, signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No internet access, no ability to read German, no ability to provide a physician’s letter or informed consent, high diet quality expressed as an short Diet Quality Screener (sDQS) score above 41, usage of NutriMS and/or participation in dietary counselling in the MS outpatient clinic of the UKE and/or participation in the validation study of a nutrition knowledge and food literacy questionnaire in the past, self-report of a current or past eating disorder

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The following feasibility categories will be assessed as key outcomes of the study: Demand - measured as recruitment duration and success as well as number of participants consented, randomized, withdrawn, lost to follow-up and retained Practicality - measured as number of participants who processed at least eight NutriMS-Plus modules after 12 weeks, number of participants who processed all NutriMS-Plus modules after 12 weeks and number of participants who completed all outcome inventories after 12 weeks Acceptability - measured with the 10-item System Usability Scale (SUS), five items of the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability (TFA) Questionnaire adapted to the intervention and a self-developed Acceptability Questionnaire (sAQ) assessing overall satisfaction as well as the perception of specific features of the intervention by study participants

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Further outcomes (limited efficacy testing) assessed 12 weeks after randomization include: Diet quality measured using the short Diet Quality Screener (sDQS) MS-specific food literacy measures using the Multiple Sclerosis Food Literacy Questionnaire (MSFLQ) MS-specific nutrition knowledge measured using the Multiple Sclerosis Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire (MSNKQ) Diet-related health-care behavior measured using the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire subscale for dietary behavior (TRSQ-Diet), the Perceived Competence Scale (PCS) and the Health Care Climate Questionnaire (HCCQ) of the Health-Care Self-Determination Theory Questionnaire Packet

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactNicole Krause

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Institut für Neuroimmunologie und Multiple Sklerose

nutrims@uke.de040-7410-54077

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026