Dietitian Online - Internet-based Dietetic Treatment Within Health Care Services

NCT ID: NCT04245384

Last Updated: 2022-11-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

400 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-03-31

Study Completion Date

2024-12-31

Brief Summary

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The project aims to investigate the effect of internet-based dietetic treatment (IDT) on patients, dietitians, and society.

The project will show:

* If IDT is equivalent to traditional dietetic treatment with physical meetings
* Patients' attitudes to, and experiences of, meeting a dietician through video calls
* How the dietician's work environment and working methods are affected by IDT
* If there are subgroups of patients where IDT is more or less appropriate
* Health economic and environmental consequences of IDT The major shortage of dietitians leaves patients with non-communicable diseases (NCD) without qualified dietary treatment. In a pilot study, the investigators have shown that IDT has great potential to streamline healthcare and increase accessibility. In the project Dietitian online, the investigators will conduct an RCT with 400 NCD-patients allocated to either IDT or standard dietetic treatment to see if IDT affect treatment outcome and whether IDT is appropriate for everyone. Even though internet-based treatment (IT) increases rapidly in society, there is little knowledge about the patients' experiences and how healthcare personnel incorporates IT in their daily work. The investigators will conduct qualitative studies to meet this knowledge gap. General assumptions are that IT is beneficial for society, both economically and environmentally, but very few studies have been done. The project will incorporate a full health-economic evaluation, including environmental impact.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Overweight and Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Internet-based treatment

Internet-based dietetic treatment with video calls, no physical meetings

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Internet-based dietetic treatment with video calls

Intervention Type OTHER

The dietitian meets the patient through video calls, no physical meetings

Standard treatment

Dietetic treatment with physical meetings

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Traditional dietetic treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

The dietitian meets the patient through physical meetings

Interventions

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Internet-based dietetic treatment with video calls

The dietitian meets the patient through video calls, no physical meetings

Intervention Type OTHER

Traditional dietetic treatment

The dietitian meets the patient through physical meetings

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* seeking/being referred to a dietitian for the treatment of obesity (BMI≥25) or obesity in combination with:

* type 2 diabetes (HbA1c\>48mmol/mol) and/or
* elevated blood lipids (total cholesterol \>4,5 mmol/l and/or LDL \>2,5 mmol/l and/or triglycerides \>2,0 mmol/l) and/or
* high blood pressure (\>140/90 hg)

Exclusion Criteria

* other diagnoses requiring/might require nutritional treatment (eg cancer, COPD)
* dementia
* severe impairment of sight, hearing, or other disability where internet-based dietetic treatment is deemed difficult
* pregnancy
* need for interpreter
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Västerbotten County Council, Sweden

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Forte

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Umeå University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Petra M Rydén, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Umea university

Central Contacts

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Petra M Rydén, PhD

Role: CONTACT

+46907869557

Sarah Persson, BSc

Role: CONTACT

+46907868069

Related Links

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http://www.umu.se/dion

Official website for the project (only in Swedish)

Other Identifiers

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UmUDiOn

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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