Pilot Study: The Effectiveness of a Mobile Application in Increasing Vegetable Acceptance

NCT ID: NCT05173311

Last Updated: 2021-12-29

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

326 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-09-01

Study Completion Date

2019-11-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the Mole's Veggie Adventures mobile application in increasing fruit and vegetable acceptance among 3-6-year-olds.

Detailed Description

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After the parents of the participating children had signed an informed consent and filled in the baseline questionnaires, the participating early childhood education and care (ECEC) centers (in Finland) or groups within the ECEC centers (in Poland) were randomly allocated into intervention and control arms. Researchers visited the intervention arm groups and introduced the application to the ECEC professionals. The ECEC professionals were instructed to use the application with a tablet computer at least one to two times a week during the intervention period (3-4 weeks) and to record the number of tasks completed by their group in a logbook. In addition, the research team recommended that each group focuses on at least six vegetables or fruits during the intervention period. The control arm groups were instructed to continue their normal routines during the intervention period and to refrain from introducing any novel food education methods during the intervention period.

Conditions

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Healthy Nutrition Eating Behavior

Keywords

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Games for health Mobile application Smartphone application Randomized trial

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Application use arm

The early childhood education and care (ECEC) professionals in the intervention arm groups were instructed to use the application with a tablet computer at least 1-2 times a week during the intervention period (3-4 weeks) and to record the number of tasks completed by their group in a logbook. In addition, we recommended that each group focus on at least six vegetables or fruits during the intervention period.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention arm

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention arm groups were instructed to use the Mole's Veggie Adventures mobile application for 3-4 weeks.

Control arm

The control arm groups were instructed to continue their normal routines during the intervention period. They were instructed to refrain from introducing any novel food education methods during the intervention period.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Intervention arm

The intervention arm groups were instructed to use the Mole's Veggie Adventures mobile application for 3-4 weeks.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Mole's Veggie Adventures

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All children in the participating early childhood education and care (ECEC) groups

Exclusion Criteria

* None
Minimum Eligible Age

3 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

6 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Warsaw

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Eastern Finland

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Folkhälsan Research Center

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Tampere University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

EIT Food

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Helsinki

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Henna Vepsalainen

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University of Helsinki

Helsinki, , Finland

Site Status

Countries

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Finland

References

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Vepsalainen H, Skaffari E, Wojtkowska K, Barlinska J, Kinnunen S, Makkonen R, Heikkila M, Lehtovirta M, Ray C, Suhonen E, Nevalainen J, Sajaniemi N, Erkkola M. A Mobile App to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Acceptance Among Finnish and Polish Preschoolers: Randomized Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2022 Jan 4;10(1):e30352. doi: 10.2196/30352.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34982718 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5XXH-C-LhA

A video demonstrating the most important sections of the current version of the Mole's Veggie Adventures application.

Other Identifiers

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19057

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id