Assessing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Virtual Food Skills Program for Children With Type 1 Diabetes During COVID-19

The Hospital for Sick Children

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Type 1 Diabetes

Treatments: Other: summerlunch+ At Home Food Skills Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05197114

1000076894

Details and patient eligibility

About

Food forms an integral part of diabetes management. As children mature into young adults, they must learn to adopt lifestyle behaviours critical for optimal diabetes care. The development of food preparation and cooking skills at a young age may help to facilitate healthy food choices in children and provide a solid foundation for young adulthood. Food skills workshops are effective interventions that have been shown to improve food literacy and healthy eating in the general pediatric population. However, food skills programs have not been adequately evaluated in children with type 1 diabetes. Further, virtual programs are not well assessed, which can increase the accessibility of food education during the pandemic and in the future.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Type 1 diabetes for over one year

Exclusion criteria

• Type 1 diabetes for less than one year, non-English speaking, do not have access to a computer or internet

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

There will be one arm to the study, and all participants will be receiving the intervention.

Treatment:

Other: summerlunch+ At Home Food Skills Program