Evaluation of behavioural change skills training in clinical nutrition and dietetics students: a pilot trial of blended learning and face-to-face educational approaches

Evaluation of theory-driven behavioural change skills training in clinical nutrition and dietetics students: a pilot trial comparing blended learning and face-to-face educational approaches

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN71409897

Enrollment

Registered

2018-03-16

Start date

2018-02-08

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-04-30

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Conditions

Education of pre-registration students in clinical nutrition and dietetics in behavioural change skills Not Applicable

Interventions

Consenting participants (i.e. students registered on the MSc Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics programme) will be randomly allocated to the experimental arm (usual face-to-face behavioural change skill

n=10) or the control arm (usual face-to-face behavioural change skills training only

n=10). Following provision of written, informed consent and completion of the baseline questionnaires all participants will be randomized. Concealed randomization will be conducted by the Principal In

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Students registered on the MSc Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics programme at University College Dublin

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Students registered on any other programme at University College Dublin

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Measured at baseline and post-training: 1. Knowledge of Self-Determination Theory (SDT) strategies will be assessed by students narratively describing how they would work to motivate a disengaged client case study that will be coded by a blinded expert rater 2. Confidence (self-efficacy) in the use of the above SDT behavioural change strategies will be assessed using a researcher devised questionnaire (10 items, 7-point Likert Scale) 3. Competence in applying the above SDT behavioural change strategies will be assessed by each student audio-recording a role play with a colleague that will involve each participants use of the SDT strategies to support the 'client' to change their behaviour related to healthy eating, which will be rated by a blinded expert rater	—

Measure

Time frame

Measured at baseline and post-training: 1. Knowledge of Self-Determination Theory (SDT) strategies will be assessed by students narratively describing how they would work to motivate a disengaged client case study that will be coded by a blinded expert rater 2. Confidence (self-efficacy) in the use of the above SDT behavioural change strategies will be assessed using a researcher devised questionnaire (10 items, 7-point Likert Scale) 3. Competence in applying the above SDT behavioural change strategies will be assessed by each student audio-recording a role play with a colleague that will involve each participants use of the SDT strategies to support the 'client' to change their behaviour related to healthy eating, which will be rated by a blinded expert rater

—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Satisfaction and acceptability of each educational training programme will be assessed using a researcher devised questionnaire (5-point Likert Scale) post training	—

Countries

Ireland

Outcome results

None listed

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