Enhancing Knowledge Translation in Nutrition Through a Healthy Eating Blog

Laval University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Other: Blog

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03103035

2014-084 A-2 / 16-06-2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if a nutrition intervention provided through a healthy eating blog is feasible and acceptable.

Full description

Participants randomised to the experimental group are exposed to one blog post each week for a period of 6 months. Blog posts focus on the improvement of fruits and vegetables consumption targeting four main determinants of the behavior: (1) knowledge; (2) attitude; (3) self-efficacy; and (4) motivation/goals. Each post included a step-by-step recipe developed by the research team and featuring fruits and vegetables. Recipes were described textually and also using pictures and/or video. Twenty-six posts were created over the six-month intervention. Participants randomised to the control group are not exposed to the healthy eating blog. Feasibility (compliance, dropout and participation rates) and acceptability (satisfaction) of the study were assessed.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• women aged 18 and older;
• with Internet access as well as an active e-mail address;
• consuming five or less servings of F&V per day;
• living in the Quebec City metropolitan.

Exclusion criteria

• women dieting,
• currently pregnant or lactating.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Exposition to a healthy eating blog

Experimental group

Description:

Participants randomised to this arm are exposed to one blog post each week for a period of 6 months.

Treatment:

Other: Blog

No exposition to a healthy eating blog

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants randomised to this arm do not have exposure to the blog.