Fruit and Vegetable Intake Promotion. "The UVa Community Eats Healthy" Study Protocol (University of Valladolid)

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Clinical Trial

— UVa  

Official title:

Social Media for Nutrition Education. Fruit and Vegetable Intake Promotion in a University Setting: "The UVa Community Eats Healthy" Study Protocol

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05900739
• Other study ID #: 13022022
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 14, 2022
• Est. completion date: April 10, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: June 2023
• Source: University of Valladolid
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to increase the consumption of fruit and vegetables of the University of Valladolid (UVa) community employing three different online methodologies: facebook (FB), virtual campus (VC) and, instagram (IG).

Description:

In order to use different methodologies, the sample was randomly divided in four groups, three took the nutrition educational program and the other one was a control group.

All four groups had access to the virtual campus of the UVa which uses the teaching platform Moodle Learning Management System (LMS). In this platform, a course entitled "The UVa community eats healthy" was created with four sections. Each of the sections corresponded to one of the four groups, the names of the sections were: I-campus (VC group), C-campus (control group), F-campus (FB group), and G-campus (IG group).

To make the intervention more effective, this program was theory-based designed, based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB).

In order to assess the effectivity of social media use for nutrition education compared to more traditional interventions, the program was adapted to three platforms: virtual campus, private account of IG and private group of FB. The topics of the intervention groups were the same but with adapted activities.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 211
• Est. completion date: April 10, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: April 3, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• being part of the UVa community at the time of recruitment

• having IG and/or FB account

• having made the self-registration to the Moodle virtual campus of each group during the enrolment period

Exclusion Criteria:

• not meeting inclusion criteria

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Increase of fruit and vegetable consumption
Week 1 Presentation of the program. Healthy eating Week 2 Fruit and vegetable: nutritional value, types, seasonality, benefits for health Week 3 Shopping Fruit and vegetable: tips, places, conservation methods Week 4 Healthy menu planning with "My Plate" Week 5 How to cook Fruit and Vegetable avoiding food waste Week 6 Healthy snacks using Fruit and vegetable Week 7 Batch cooking

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	University of Valladolid	Valladolid

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Valladolid

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Fruit and vegetable consumption	The consumption will be measured using MEDAS-14 questionnaire from Predimed Study	up to 8 weeks
Secondary	Fruit and vegetable consumption of the different groups	The consumption will be measured using MEDAS-14 questionnaire from Predimed Study classified by group.	up to 8 weeks