Food Habits, Nutritional Disorders, Nutrition Therapy
Conditions
Keywords
nutrition, dietary recall
Brief summary
Dietary assessment is a key component of the dietetic care process. Assessments usually take place within dietetic consultations using methods such as 24-hour recall and paper food diaries. This study will examine the feasibility of using an online dietary assessment tool, myfood24 as an alternative to current dietary assessment practices and explore the barriers and facilitators to its use within dietetic clinical practice. This will be a mixed method study using questionnaires and semi structures interviews with both dietitians and patients. Dietitians, and patients with a range of clinical conditions referred to an NHS Dietetic Service, will be recruited. Patients will be asked to trial the system to record their food intake prior to their dietetic appointment. This data will then be used for the dietary assessment within the consultation. Following this, patients and dietitians will be interviewed about their experiences. Quantitative data will be statistically analysed, and thematic analysis will be used to analyse qualitative data.
Interventions
DEVICEmyfood24
online website for dietary analysis
Sponsors
University of Sheffield
British Dietetic Association
Dietary Assessment Ltd
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Aged over 18 years * Referred to the STH Dietetic Department * Willing and able to attend a dietetic out-patient appointment * Can read and understand English * Have access to the internet * Willing to engage in technology as part of their care * Have or willing to obtain their own email address
Exclusion criteria
* Under 18 years * Unable or unwilling to attend a dietetic out-patient appointment * Unable to read and understand English * No access to the internet * Unwilling to engage in technology as part of their care * Does not have or unwilling to obtain their own email address
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| System Usability | After patients have used the system. Approximately 4 to 8 weeks after baseline. | System usability score is generated using system usability scale - a validated questionnaire. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient Activation | Baseline and end of intervention. (approximately 3 months from baseline) | Patient activation score will be generated using Patient Activation Measure (PAM) a validated questionnaire. |
| Acceptability of using the system as part of dietetic care | The acceptability questionnaire and interviews will be completed at the end of the intervention.(approx 3 months from baseline) | This will be generated using (I) Acceptability questionnaire for patients using a non-validated questionnaire and (2) Through participant interviews. |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed