The Use of a Consumer-Based mHealth Dietary App and Health Coaching With Kidney Transplant Recipients

NCT ID: NCT05151445

Last Updated: 2024-10-28

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-03-01

Study Completion Date

2023-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of the study is to test the feasibility mHealth dietary app + health coaching for improving primary outcomes (recruitment, retention, and adherence) and secondary outcomes (perceived stress \[ Perceived Stress Scale\], exercise self-efficacy\[Exercise Self-efficacy Scale\], vegetable intake \[Fruit, Vegetables, and Fiber Screen\] fat intake \[Lose-it Premium database\], carbohydrate intake \[Lose-it Premium database\], weight, \[Wi-Fi weight scale using the Lose-it Premium database\], and blood pressure \[Wi-Fi blood pressure cuff using the Lose-it Premium database\].

Detailed Description

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The proposed study seeks to shift the paradigm for promoting diet intake and physical activity using education and self-report to provide a powerful combination of mHealth dietary app and health coaching (set goals, provide ongoing feedback, and self-monitor behaviors). To the investigators knowledge, this is the first time a mHealth dietary app and health coaching intervention has been used in kidney transplant recipients to link real-time data for monitoring dietary intake and physical activity.

The long-term goal of this work is to enhance well-being in kidney recipients via lifestyle self-management of care for dietary intake and physical activity to ultimately prevent chronic diseases. The proposed study is important because early weight gain after kidney transplant is associated with adverse effects on the transplanted kidney function resulting in increased health care cost and poor quality of life. Interventions are needed to monitor kidney transplant recipients diet and physical activity in real-time to prevent health decline.

Conditions

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Kidney Transplant Kidney Transplant; Complications

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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mHealth dietary app + health coaching intervention

A feasibility study will be utilized to establish the recruitment, retention, and adherence with post-kidney transplant recipients using a consumer-based mHealth dietary app + health coaching.

mHealth dietary app + health coaching intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The "Lose-It" app will be set up with Gmail accounts with unique unidentifiable codes developed by the research team. Participants be trained to enter their dietary intake and physical activity daily for 12-weeks. Participants will monitor their vegetable intake, fat intake, carbohydrate intake, weight, and blood pressure. Wi-Fi connected weight scales and blood pressure cuff will be supplied for weight and blood pressure monitoring. Participants will be taught how to sync the data from the scales and blood pressure cuff to the app for the research team to access. Participants will perform a return demonstration to confirm that they can record their dietary intake daily, physical activity, weight, and blood pressure using the "Lose-It" app. We also review with the participant the "My Plate" method for proper nutrition and the steps to distance conversion chart.

Interventions

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mHealth dietary app + health coaching intervention

The "Lose-It" app will be set up with Gmail accounts with unique unidentifiable codes developed by the research team. Participants be trained to enter their dietary intake and physical activity daily for 12-weeks. Participants will monitor their vegetable intake, fat intake, carbohydrate intake, weight, and blood pressure. Wi-Fi connected weight scales and blood pressure cuff will be supplied for weight and blood pressure monitoring. Participants will be taught how to sync the data from the scales and blood pressure cuff to the app for the research team to access. Participants will perform a return demonstration to confirm that they can record their dietary intake daily, physical activity, weight, and blood pressure using the "Lose-It" app. We also review with the participant the "My Plate" method for proper nutrition and the steps to distance conversion chart.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* age 18 or older men and women
* functioning KTR (not on dialysis)
* ability to speak, read, and hear English,
* possession of a smartphone capable of accessing and downloading a mHealth dietary app
* Wi-Fi or Internet access,
* greater than 3 months post-transplant (due to medication adjustments and decreased functional levels),
* not hospitalized
* capable of self-consent per capacity screening.

Exclusion Criteria

* Participation in a weight loss program
* participation in a structured exercise program
* diagnosis of dementia.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ohio State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Tara O'Brien

Assistant Professor at Center for Healthy Aging, Self-Management and Complex Care, Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing/National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Ohio State University Medical Center

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

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Related Links

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http://www.niddk.nih.gov/about-niddk/meet-director/mission-vision

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Mission \& Vision. 2019 Accessed August, 30, 2019

Other Identifiers

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2020B0261

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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