Tracking Our Lives Study

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-03-15

Study Completion Date

2019-11-01

Brief Summary

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College women are at risk for eating disorders, which have profound health impacts. Cross-sectional studies have shown that the use of dietary self-monitoring is associated with eating disorder risk among college students. However, causality cannot be established with cross-sectional studies.

This study utilizes a randomized controlled trial design to examine how the use of a popular dietary self-monitoring smartphone application impacts college females' well-being, including eating disorder risk. We hypothesize those who are randomized to dietary self-monitoring will have a greater increase in eating disorder risk compared to the control group.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Mental Health Wellness 2 Health Behavior Eating Disorders

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention

Participants are instructed to use a popular dietary self-monitoring application on their smartphone for one month.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dietary self-monitoring

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants use a popular smartphone application to track their food and drink intake for one month.

Control

Participants are not asked to use the smartphone application.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Dietary self-monitoring

Participants use a popular smartphone application to track their food and drink intake for one month.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* University of Michigan Ann Arbor undergraduate student
* Daily access to a smartphone
* Female gender
* At least 18 years of age
* Fluent in English

Exclusion Criteria

* Self-reported history of any medical condition that impacts the types or amount of food eaten
* Self-reported recent use of dietary self-monitoring
* Self-reported history of an active or past eating disorder
* Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire Short Form (EDE-QS) score ≥ 2, indicating high eating disorder risk

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes