Trial Outcomes & Findings for Encouraging Healthy Food Shopping and Eating Behaviors by Price Reduction: A Community Supermarket Study (NCT NCT01509664)

NCT ID: NCT01509664

Last Updated: 2024-09-24

Results Overview

Gross weekly purchasing of fruits and vegetables from the discounted items list in $

• Recruitment status: COMPLETED
• Study phase: NA
• Target enrollment: 137 participants
• Primary outcome timeframe: week
• Results posted on: 2024-09-24

Participant Flow

Participants were recruited via advertisement

Participant milestones

Measure	Discount Intervention Receives 50% discount intervention on selected fruits and vegetables at participating supermarket. Discount intervention: 50% discount on selected fruits and vegetables at participating supermarket	Control Received no discount at the participating supermarket.
Overall Study STARTED	49	49
Overall Study T2 Follow-up	45	38
Overall Study T3 Follow-up	40	33
Overall Study COMPLETED	34	28
Overall Study NOT COMPLETED	15	21

Reasons for withdrawal

Measure	Discount Intervention Receives 50% discount intervention on selected fruits and vegetables at participating supermarket. Discount intervention: 50% discount on selected fruits and vegetables at participating supermarket	Control Received no discount at the participating supermarket.
Overall Study Lost to Follow-up	15	21

Baseline Characteristics

Encouraging Healthy Food Shopping and Eating Behaviors by Price Reduction: A Community Supermarket Study

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Measure	Discount Intervention n=34 Participants Receives 50% discount intervention on selected fruits and vegetables at participating supermarket. Discount intervention: 50% discount on selected fruits and vegetables at participating supermarket	Control n=28 Participants Received no discount at the participating supermarket.	Total n=62 Participants Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous	40 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 14 • n=5 Participants	41 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 14 • n=7 Participants	41 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 14 • n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Female	25 Participants n=5 Participants	7 Participants n=7 Participants	32 Participants n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male Male	9 Participants n=5 Participants	21 Participants n=7 Participants	30 Participants n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB) American Indian or Alaska Native	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB) Asian	2 Participants n=5 Participants	3 Participants n=7 Participants	5 Participants n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB) Black or African American	5 Participants n=5 Participants	6 Participants n=7 Participants	11 Participants n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB) White	26 Participants n=5 Participants	19 Participants n=7 Participants	45 Participants n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB) More than one race	1 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	1 Participants n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB) Unknown or Not Reported	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB) Hispanic or Latino	4 Participants n=5 Participants	3 Participants n=7 Participants	7 Participants n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB) Not Hispanic or Latino	30 Participants n=5 Participants	25 Participants n=7 Participants	55 Participants n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB) Unknown or Not Reported	0 Participants n=5 Participants	0 Participants n=7 Participants	0 Participants n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: week

Gross weekly purchasing of fruits and vegetables from the discounted items list in $

Outcome measures

Measure	Discount Intervention n=34 Participants Receives 50% discount intervention on selected fruits and vegetables at participating supermarket. Discount intervention: 50% discount on selected fruits and vegetables at participating supermarket	Control n=28 Participants Received no discount at the participating supermarket.
Gross Weekly Purchasing of Fruits and Vegetables	5.57 $ Standard Error 3.26	1.79 $ Standard Error 2.06

Adverse Events

Discount Intervention

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Control

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Dr Allan Geliebter

New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center

Phone: 212-523-4184

Email: ag58@columbia.edu

Results disclosure agreements

• Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
• Publication restrictions are in place