Exploring the Effects of Social Media Use and Environmental Factors

NCT ID: NCT03247621

Last Updated: 2017-08-11

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

180 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-07-31

Study Completion Date

2018-07-31

Brief Summary

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In this protocol, the investigators propose a randomised controlled trail to explore the effects of environmental factors and the use of technology on eating behaviours. The investigators have planned two studies to investigate these effects, one on high school students from Raffles Institution, and the other on the university population in the National University of Singapore.

Detailed Description

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Participants will be told a cover story that the study explores technological distraction on taste, and asked to complete a taste-evaluation taste of common snacks. One group (intervention group) will be asked to use their personal smartphones to engage in their pre-existing Whatsapp chats while doing the taste test. For the two control conditions, one group will be tasked with reading a neutral article on their personal smartphones while they complete the taste test, while the other group will be asked to complete the taste test without any use of smartphones.

Conditions

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Whatsapp, Article, No Phone

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Whatsapp

Participants will engage in Whatsapp chats on their smartphones during the taste test

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Whatsapp

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Article

Participants will read a neutral article on their smartphones during the taste test

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Article

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

No Phone

Participants will not use their phones during the taste test

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

No Phone

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

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Whatsapp

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Article

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

No Phone

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Normal weight: Body mass index of 18 to 25
* Have at least occasional breakfast meals (≥ 3 times a week of self-reported consumption of a breakfast meal)

Exclusion Criteria

* Symptoms / history of any medical or psychiatric conditions
* Allergies to food products
* History of eating disorders
* Excessive exercise (≥ 5 times a week of self-reported exercise)
* Currently on a special diet or deliberating restricting caloric intake
* Currently on a weight loss program
* Smoking or substance abuse
Minimum Eligible Age

13 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

26 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Raffles Institution

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Yale-NUS College

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jean Liu

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Yale-NUS College

Singapore, , Singapore

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Singapore

Facility Contacts

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Jean Liu, PhD

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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A-15-170

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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