Exploring the Use of myfood24 (an Online Nutritional Assessment Tool) in Clinical Dietetic Practice

NHS Foundation Trust

Status: Completed

Conditions: Food Habits; Nutrition Therapy; Nutritional Disorders

Treatments: Device: myfood24

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04039282

STH19780

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 56 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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56 participants in 2 patient groups

Patient Participant

Other group

Description:

Patients will be asked to complete an 3 days worth of an online dietary recall prior to their out patient appointment with the dietitian

Treatment:

Device: myfood24

Dietitian Participant

Other group

Description:

The Dietitian will be asked to review the patients completed dietary recalls prior to the patient attending their out patient appointment.

Treatment:

Device: myfood24