Cooking and Nutrition Education for Health Among Adults With Diabetes

NeuroTherapia, Inc.

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes

Treatments: Other: Nutrition Education; Other: e-Coaching; Other: Cooking Lecture; Other: Cooking Demo; Other: Hands-on Cooking

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02548299

14-1607

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a multi-dimensional therapeutic lifestyle program that offers cooking and nutrition education as well as email-based health coaching to diabetic patients in an underserved Cleveland community. This is an innovative project as it is one of the first focused efforts within this community to improve diabetes control and prevent diabetes progression through cooking and nutrition as well as to systematically measure both clinical and behavioral outcomes.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 years or older
• Current State of Ohio Medicaid recipient
• Current diagnosis of diabetes, as reported in the electronic medical record
• Completed at least one diabetes education visit at STJHC
• Have daily access to a functional kitchen in home

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy or lactation or plans to be pregnant or lactate during study
• Current alcoholism or abuse of recreational drugs
• Self-reported or history of HIV or hepatitis or active tuberculosis
• Travel plans that do not permit full participation especially during the first 8 study visits
• Recent unexplained weight loss (10 pounds or more in past 3 months)
• Any diagnosis that would interfere with or prevent a change in diet

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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45 participants in 3 patient groups

Cooking Lecture

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm will receive cooking education through lecture/PowerPoint presentation led by our executive chef. Participants will also attend nutrition education classes led by our registered dietician. Lastly, e-coaching with a certified health coach will be offered to participants with access to a personal email account.

Treatment:

Other: Nutrition Education

Other: e-Coaching

Other: Cooking Lecture

Cooking Demo

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm will receive cooking education through observation of our executive chef who will explain cooking techniques and healthy food preparation practices as he cooks a healthy recipe(s) for participants to sample. Participants will also attend nutrition education classes led by our registered dietician. Lastly, e-coaching with a certified health coach will be offered to participants with access to a personal email account.

Treatment:

Other: Nutrition Education

Other: e-Coaching

Other: Cooking Demo

Hands-on Cooking

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm will receive cooking education through hands on practical experience with our executive chef in a teaching kitchen. Participants will be able to sample what they prepare. Participants will also attend nutrition education classes led by our registered dietician. Lastly, e-coaching with a certified health coach will be offered to participants with access to a personal email account.

Treatment:

Other: Hands-on Cooking

Other: Nutrition Education

Other: e-Coaching