Creating a Comfortable Cafeteria: Staff and Student Feedback - Outcome Study (Cafeteria Prog)

School Health Services Clinical Trial

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Official title:

The Comfortable Cafeteria Program for Promoting Student Participation and Enjoyment: An Outcome Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02949063
• Other study ID #: 29789-BAZ-HS
• Secondary ID: H027A130158-13A,
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 26, 2016
• Last updated: October 28, 2016
• Start date: March 2013
• Est. completion date: March 2014

Study information

• Verified date: October 2016
• Source: Cleveland State University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

A mixed methods design was used to explore the outcomes of a 6-week, occupational therapy-led Comfortable Cafeteria program designed to build capacity of cafeteria supervisors to create a positive mealtime environment so that all students can successfully participate in and enjoy their meal and socialization with peers.

Description:

A mixed methods design was used to explore the outcomes of a 6-week, occupational therapy-led Comfortable Cafeteria program designed to build capacity of cafeteria supervisors to create a positive mealtime environment so that all students can successfully participate in and enjoy their meal and socialization with peers. Statistically significant improvements in pretest posttest visual analogue scale ratings of participation in and enjoyment for students with low and mid-range scores at the outset was found. Cafeteria supervisors demonstrated statistically significant improvements in perceptions of having the knowledge and skills to supervise and to encourage healthy eating based on pretest posttest ratings. Qualitative findings add further insight about the program suggesting that students learned prosocial values (e.g. being kind, helping others), supervisors actively encouraged positive social interaction, and occupational therapy practitioners enjoyed implementing the Comfortable Cafeteria program and recognized positive supervisor and student changes as a result of integrating services in the cafeteria.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 366
• Est. completion date: March 2014
• Est. primary completion date: March 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 5 Years to 10 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Students participating in lunch from a particular grade

• Cafeteria supervisors of those children

• Students with parental consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Students who did not have parental consent

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• School Health Services

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Comfortable Cafeteria Program
6-week program integrated into the cafeteria lunchtime to build capacity of supervisors and students to create a positive social and emotional atmosphere so that students can enjoy eating their lunch and socializing with peers.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mary Jane Karpinski	U.S. Department of Education

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	students' participation during lunch	Visual analogue scale	within 6 weeks	No
Secondary	survey of cafeteria supervisor's knowledge, beliefs and actions related to supervising students in the cafeteria	written pre and post-survey	6 weeks	No

External Links

•   Comfortable Cafeteria program information is located on this website including instructions for implementation.