The Effect of an Application-based Health Intervention (FoodCoach) on Food Purchases in Switzerland
NCT ID: NCT05597969
Last Updated: 2023-11-29
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
60 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2022-11-09
2023-05-26
Brief Summary
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FoodCoach aims to investigate the effectiveness of improving people's food shopping healthiness by providing automated food shopping recommendations. The results of the study could possibly help improve the health status of the Swiss population and beyond in a low-cost and automated manner.
The investigators collect participant grocery data via the loyalty card programs "Migros Cumulus" and "Coop Supercard" after obtaining participants' informed consent. From this data, the investigators generate automated recommendations that are based on the Nutri-Score framework and expertise of dieticians at the University Hospital of Bern. After sign-up, participants are randomized into a treatment and a control group. The treatment group receives automated recommendations via the FoodCoach Web Application, while the control group only receives a report about their food shopping by email after the intervention phase. Both groups need to finish the same onboarding survey where the investigators collect basic demographic information. After the intervention, the treatment group will receive a post-study survey containing two parts via email. Part 1 includes questions about the ease of use, interface and satisfaction and usefulness of the FoodCoach app. Part 2 includes questions about the participants' weight and height, the motivation to shop healthily and sustainably. The control group will receive a post-study survey which only contains part 2 as described before via email.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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FoodCoach
The experimental group uses the FutureMe app for 9 weeks and continue to voluntarily use it. The app has the following functionality:
* Dashboard: show the Nutri-Score changes over the last 10 baskets and comparisons between the specific user and all FoodCoach app users.
* Recommendations: show three recommendations regarding their food purchases and healthier product recommendations to help them achieve these recommendations.
* Nutrition Analysis: show the monthly energy contribution of 7 food categories in the past 6 months.
* Spending Analysis: show the monthly expense contribution of 7 food categories and 1 not categorized category in the past 6 months.
* Shopping history: show their purchase history in the past 6 months, together with monthly average Nutri-Score and basket Nutri-Score if applicable
* Q \& A: show answers to the commonly asked questions. E.g., how is the Nutri-Score calculated?
FoodCoach
The FoodCoach app displays transparent analysis and recommendations regarding participant's food purchases recorded on their loyalty cards. It tries to help participants understand why and how they should/can shop more healthily, motivating them to change their unhealthy food purchase behavior.
Control
The control group receives no application for use. They need to finish the onboarding survey, donate their food purchase data and finish the post-study survey (voluntary). They receive no intervention while the experimental group should be actively using the FoodCoach app. The investigators will send them an analysis report of their food purchase data via email in 3 months after the intervention phase is gone. Note the intervention lasts for 9 weeks.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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FoodCoach
The FoodCoach app displays transparent analysis and recommendations regarding participant's food purchases recorded on their loyalty cards. It tries to help participants understand why and how they should/can shop more healthily, motivating them to change their unhealthy food purchase behavior.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Participants need to participate in at least one of the two loyalty card programmes, i.e., Migros Cumulus and/or Coop Supercard.
* Participants need to be German- and/or English-speaking, as the FoodCoach application is in German and English.
Exclusion Criteria
* Do not participate in at least one of the two loyalty card programmes, i.e., Migros Cumulus and/or Coop Supercard.
* Not German- and/or English-speaking, so that the participants cannot understand the content of the app.
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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University hospital of Bern
UNKNOWN
Swiss National Science Foundation
OTHER
Sanitas Management AG
UNKNOWN
University of St.Gallen
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Wu Jing
PhD Candidate and Project Leader
Principal Investigators
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Jing Wu, MSc.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of St.Gallen
Locations
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University of St. Gallen
Sankt Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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FOODCOACH2022
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id