Mommio: Training in Vegetable Parenting
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02215421 |
Recruitment Status :
Withdrawn
(Funding did not allow for completion of game programming)
First Posted : August 13, 2014
Last Update Posted : October 14, 2016
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First Submitted Date ICMJE | August 8, 2014 | |||
First Posted Date ICMJE | August 13, 2014 | |||
Last Update Posted Date | October 14, 2016 | |||
Study Start Date ICMJE | June 2015 | |||
Actual Primary Completion Date | February 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) | |||
Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE |
Change in Parent Reported Child Vegetable FFQ [ Time Frame: One month from pre to post ] To assess the preschool child's usual vegetable (V) intake, the participating parent will complete the V items from a 36 item FV screener which was demonstrated to have acceptable correlations with serum lycopene, lutein, cryptoxanthin, alphacarotene, and beta-carotene with a validity coefficient (r=0.35 with total carotenoids) comparable to the sum of three 24-hour dietary recalls. Parents have been shown to reliably and validly report preschool child diet intake. The response scales will be worded to reflect child's intake in the previous week. Item responses will be summed to estimate number of V servings consumed in the previous week. This questionnaire has been validated for parent report on children, and was sensitive to change.
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Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE | Same as current | |||
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Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE |
Change in Vegetable Parenting Practices Questionnaire [ Time Frame: One month from pre to post ] Fruit and Vegetable Parenting Practices Questionnaire (FVPPQ), a parent-report questionnaire, includes 33 items associated with the effectiveness of parenting practices to get children to eat FV. Items will be scored on a three-point scale to indicate frequency of use of V parenting practices (1 - "frequently", 2 - "sometime", 3 - "rarely-never"). Internal consistency has been demonstrated. Helping HAND induced changes in these parenting practices.
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Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE | Same as current | |||
Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures |
Qualitative Interviews [ Time Frame: One month at post only ] The intensive interviews will be conducted using a standardized script and commonly accepted procedures (e.g., 8-10 open ended questions, with follow up questions, prompts, and areas to probe). The questions will assess whether they attempted changes in their vegetable parenting practices with their 3-5 year old child, problems they encountered, what parents liked and disliked about the game, and how it could be made better. The parents' interviews will be about 30 minutes and audio tape recorded. Audio tapes will be transcribed verbatim and checked for accuracy prior to analysis. Following generally accepted qualitative data coding and analysis procedures, NVIVO, a qualitative software analysis program, will be utilized to facilitate data coding, retrieval, and analysis.
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Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures | Same as current | |||
Descriptive Information | ||||
Brief Title ICMJE | Mommio: Training in Vegetable Parenting | |||
Official Title ICMJE | Kiddio Food Fight: Training Parents in Effective Vegetable Parenting | |||
Brief Summary | A 20 episode video game called Mommio simulates parent-child feeding interactions for parents of 3-5 year old children within a storyline addressing a problem commonly reported by parents (getting their 3-5 yo to taste a vegetable, which is often a first step toward eating the vegetable), thereby training parents in effective food parenting practices. This research evaluates whether the 20 episodes targeting barriers identified by parents across five levels of difficulty influences vegetable parenting practices and children's dietary intake. We had to discontinue the study since changes in commercial availability of game development software required reprogramming and available funding did not allow for completion of game programming. Thus, no game evaluation was possible. | |||
Detailed Description | Video games for parents that simulate interactions with a child using a narrative, offering feedback on performance and goal setting for changing practices in the real world, and addressing vegetable (V) feeding problems commonly reported by parents, may elicit desirable cognitive, affective, and behavioral outcomes. The rationale for training parents of preschool children in effective V parenting practices is that: 1) parents have an important influence on young children's dietary intake; 2) child dietary intake tracks into the adult years; and 3) high V consumption protects against several chronic diseases later in life. Since parents of young children commonly complain about not getting their child to eat V, there should be broad interest in playing Mommio. A pre-post randomized clinical trial with 110 parents of 3-5 year olds who report having difficulty getting their child to eat vegetables will be employed. The primary outcome will be parent report of children's dietary intake; the secondary outcome will be use of V parenting practices. We had to discontinue the study since changes in commercial availability of game development software required reprogramming and available funding did not allow for completion of game programming. Thus, no game evaluation was possible. |
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Study Type ICMJE | Interventional | |||
Study Phase ICMJE | Not Applicable | |||
Study Design ICMJE | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Prevention |
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Condition ICMJE | Obesity | |||
Intervention ICMJE | Behavioral: Mommio
The objective is to build parent's skills in encouraging their child to eat vegetables. The player is asked to read a novella, "Totally Frobisher" (providing backstory to the game), and play a game called Mommio (a "casual" video game for parents of 3 to 5 year old children). The player calls Kiddio, the child character, to dinner, and offers a vegetable (V) (selected from among several). Kiddio refuses. The player is offered a selection of V parenting statements (from the scientific literature on food parenting) or manipulation of the environment (e.g. turning off the kitchen TV) to control the situation and encourage the child to eat the V. As problems arise (e.g. a permissive father saying he doesn't like vegetables), the player must select ways to cope. Players set a goal to do with their child at home what they learned in the game. Game episodes include food store shopping, eating in the car, at grandma's, and at a fast food store.
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* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline. |
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Recruitment Information | ||||
Recruitment Status ICMJE | Withdrawn | |||
Actual Enrollment ICMJE |
0 | |||
Original Estimated Enrollment ICMJE |
110 | |||
Actual Study Completion Date ICMJE | February 2016 | |||
Actual Primary Completion Date | February 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) | |||
Eligibility Criteria ICMJE | Inclusion Criteria:
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Ages ICMJE | 18 Years to 45 Years (Adult) | |||
Accepts Healthy Volunteers ICMJE | Yes | |||
Contacts ICMJE | Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects | |||
Listed Location Countries ICMJE | United States | |||
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NCT Number ICMJE | NCT02215421 | |||
Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE | H-33915 R44HD075521 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
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Has Data Monitoring Committee | No | |||
U.S. FDA-regulated Product | Not Provided | |||
IPD Sharing Statement ICMJE | Not Provided | |||
Responsible Party | Archimage, Inc. | |||
Study Sponsor ICMJE | Archimage, Inc. | |||
Collaborators ICMJE | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) | |||
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PRS Account | Archimage, Inc. | |||
Verification Date | October 2016 | |||
ICMJE Data element required by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the World Health Organization ICTRP |