New Technology and Child Health

NCT ID: NCT02622035

Last Updated: 2024-12-05

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

415 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-01-15

Study Completion Date

2024-11-29

Brief Summary

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Background:

We are involved in testing new behavioral science methods and measures for future research projects. In the course of these evaluations, we will also test research questions related to parents psychological experiences and how these relate to the responses they have when they encounter different types of communication about child health. We are testing multiple research questions in the course of this research.

Objective:

\- To learn about technologies and approaches to use in future research studies.

Eligibility:

\- Parents (fathers and mothers) of children between the ages of 3-7.

Design:

As part of the main study, participants will do four tasks:

Task 1: Before participants arrive for an in-person visit, they will answer questions online about themselves, their child, and their thoughts and opinions related to health.

Task 2: At the in-person visit, participants will watch a short scene from a movie and answer some questions

Task 3: At the in-person visit, participants will read information about a child health topic and answer questions

Task 4: At the in-person visit, participants will use a virtual reality-based buffet restaurant simulation to make hypothetical food choices for their child...

Detailed Description

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Background:

We are involved in testing new behavioral science methods and measures for future research projects. In the course of these evaluations, we will also test research questions related to parents psychological experiences and how these relate to the responses they have when they encounter different types of communication about child health. We are testing multiple research questions in the course of this research.

Objective:

\- To learn about technologies and approaches to use in future research studies.

Eligibility:

\- Parents (fathers and mothers) of children between the ages of 3-7.

Design:

As part of the main study, participants will do four tasks:

Task 1: Before participants arrive for an in-person visit, they will answer questions online about themselves, their child, and their thoughts and opinions related to health.

Task 2: At the in-person visit, participants will watch a short scene from a movie and answer some questions

Task 3: At the in-person visit, participants will read information about a child health topic and answer questions

Task 4: At the in-person visit, participants will use a virtual reality-based buffet restaurant simulation to make hypothetical food choices for their child

Conditions

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Healthy Volunteers

Keywords

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Child Feeding

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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1

Gain frame; Anger

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Provision of information

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Information about fruit and vegetable feeding for children framed in gain vs. loss manner

Emotion induction

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Film clip designed to induce anger or fear

1b

high visual perceptual load high interactive

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

visual perceptual load

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

visual and interactivity-based load of virtual reality buffet environment

2

Gain frame; Fear

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Provision of information

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Information about fruit and vegetable feeding for children framed in gain vs. loss manner

Emotion induction

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Film clip designed to induce anger or fear

2b

high visual perceptual load

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

visual perceptual load

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

visual and interactivity-based load of virtual reality buffet environment

3

Loss frame; Anger

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Provision of information

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Information about fruit and vegetable feeding for children framed in gain vs. loss manner

Emotion induction

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Film clip designed to induce anger or fear

3b

low visual perceptual load

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

visual perceptual load

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

visual and interactivity-based load of virtual reality buffet environment

4

Loss frame; Fear

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Provision of information

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Information about fruit and vegetable feeding for children framed in gain vs. loss manner

Emotion induction

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Film clip designed to induce anger or fear

Interventions

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Provision of information

Information about fruit and vegetable feeding for children framed in gain vs. loss manner

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Emotion induction

Film clip designed to induce anger or fear

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

visual perceptual load

visual and interactivity-based load of virtual reality buffet environment

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All participants in the main trial will be healthy adult parents 18 years and older

1. being the parent of a biological child who is between 4 and 7 years old with no major allergies or dietary-related health conditions;
2. having some responsibility for child s dietary intake ;
3. having the ability to read, write, and converse in English;
4. being able to come to the NIH Clinical Center for one visit.


* Participants in the Pilot test will be healthy adult parents 18 years and older.

1. being the parent of a biological child who is between 3 and 7 years old with no major allergies or dietary-related health conditions, but only for the first 10 participants;
2. having the ability to read, write, and converse in English;
3. being able to come to the NIH Clinical Center for one visit.


* Participants in the secondary Buffet Serving Evaluation will be healthy adult parents 18 years and older

1. being the parent of a biological child who is between 3 and 7 years old with no major allergies or dietary-related health conditions;
2. having some responsibility for child s dietary intake ;
3. having the ability to read, write, and converse in English;
4. being able to come to the NIH Clinical Center for one visit.

* Participants in the Olfactory Awareness Test will be healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 59


1. Having the ability to read, write and converse in English
2. Able to come to the clinical center for on visit.


1. Being the parent of a biological child who is between 3 and 7 years old with no major allergies or dietary-related health conditions
2. Having some responsibility for child s dietary intake; however, if we encounter recruitment difficulties, we may instead sample nonparent participants who are of the same general age range as parents who participated in our past studies using the virtual buffet. For the pilot test, we will sample non-parents in the age range of past parent participants

Exclusion Criteria

1. having received information about the study purpose;
2. being an NHGRI employee;
3. being from a family wherein another household member or co-parent of a biological child has already participated or is scheduled to participate.


1. having a medical susceptibility to dizziness, disorientation or nausea;
2. having a seizure disorder or epilepsy;
3. having a high propensity for motion sickness;
4. lacking freedom of movement;
5. known pregnancy;
6. low, uncorrected vision and hearing.


1. having received information about the study purpose;
2. being an NHGRI employee;
3. low, uncorrected vision and hearing.


1. being an NHGRI employee;
2. being from a family wherein another household member or co-parent of a biological child has already participated or is scheduled to participate.



1. having a medical susceptibility to dizziness, disorientation or nausea;
2. having a seizure disorder or epilepsy;
3. having a high propensity for motion sickness;
4. lacking freedom of movement;
5. known pregnancy;
6. low, uncorrected vision and hearing.


1. Being an NHGRI employee;
2. Having participated in the Parents TAKE study conducted previously in this lab.


1. Having a medical susceptibility to dizziness, disorientation or nausea;
2. Having a seizure disorder or epilepsy;
3. Having a high propensity for motion sickness;
4. Lacking freedom of movement;
5. Known pregnancy;
6. Weak, uncorrected vision, hearing, and/or smell. No adults older than age 59 will be able to participate in this study because older adults tend to experience a decline in olfactory function
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

120 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

NIH

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Susan Persky, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

Locations

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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Persky S, Ferrer RA, Klein WMP, Goldring MR, Cohen RW, Kistler WD, Yaremych HE, Bouhlal S. Effects of Fruit and Vegetable Feeding Messages on Mothers and Fathers: Interactions Between Emotional State and Health Message Framing. Ann Behav Med. 2019 Aug 16;53(9):789-800. doi: 10.1093/abm/kay088.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 30395145 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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16-HG-0026

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

160026

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id