Food Is Medicine: Makin' Healthy Groceries (FIM)

Duke University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertension

Treatments: Behavioral: Grocery Vouchers

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06214806

Pro00114628

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a minimal risk study focusing on food purchasing and consumption in 100 subjects in the greater New Orleans area. There is evidence showing that individually-targeted vouchers effectively increase category-level food purchases in both less healthful and more healthful categories. This pilot study will investigate whether a voucher program using Instacart or a local, brick-and-mortar supermarket in New Orleans, LA lead to changes in food purchasing patterns, food consumption, food insecurity, and access to healthy food options for the participants, who are at risk of cardiovascular disease and/or cardiac complications. The study will also measure concordance between food purchasing and actual consumption.

Enrollment: 97 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Greater than or equal to 50 years of age
• Uncontrolled hypertension (defined as at least two clinically documented blood pressure readings of systolic BP >= 140 AND diastolic BP >=90 in the prior 6 months)
• Understands English

Exclusion criteria

• No internet access (at home, library, relative, or though phone plan)
• No adequate transportation (personal car, reliable ride, bus, and/or Uber/Lyft) in the New Orleans area

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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97 participants in 2 patient groups

Instacart

Experimental group

Description:

Voucher for grocery purchase and delivery via Instacart

Treatment:

Behavioral: Grocery Vouchers

Rouses Market

Active Comparator group

Description:

Voucher for grocery purchase in-person at Rouses Market in New Orleans

Treatment:

Behavioral: Grocery Vouchers