- Title
- Efficacy of technology-based personalised feedback on diet quality in young Australian adults: Results for the Advice, Ideas and Motivation for My Eating (Aim4Me) randomised controlled trial
- Creator
- Haslam, Rebecca L.; Baldwin, Jennifer N.; Pezdirc, Kristine; Truby, Helen; Attia, John; Hutchesson, Melinda J.; Burrows, Tracy; Callister, Robin; Hides, Leanne; Bonevski, Billie; Kerr, Deborah A.; Kirkpatrick, Sharon I.; Rollo, Megan E.; McCaffrey, Tracy A.; Collins, Clare E.
- Relation
- NHMRC.APP1115519 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1115519 | 1063206 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1063206
- Relation
- Public Health Nutrition Vol. 26, Issue 6, p. 1293-1305
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980023000253
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- Objective: Web-based dietary interventions could support healthy eating. The Advice, Ideas and Motivation for My Eating (Aim4Me) trial investigated the impact of three levels of personalised web-based dietary feedback on diet quality in young adults. Secondary aims were to investigate participant retention, engagement and satisfaction. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting: Web-based intervention for young adults living in Australia. Participants: 18–24-year-olds recruited across Australia were randomised to Group 1 (control: brief diet quality feedback), Group 2 (comprehensive feedback on nutritional adequacy + website nutrition resources) or Group 3 (30-min dietitian consultation + Group 2 elements). Australian Recommended Food Score (ARFS) was the primary outcome. The ARFS subscales and percentage energy from nutrient-rich foods (secondary outcomes) were analysed at 3, 6 and 12 months using generalised linear mixed models. Engagement was measured with usage statistics and satisfaction with a process evaluation questionnaire. Results: Participants (n 1005, 85 % female, mean age 21·7 ± 2·0 years) were randomised to Group 1 (n 343), Group 2 (n 325) and Group 3 (n 337). Overall, 32 (3 %), 88 (9 %) and 141 (14 %) participants were retained at 3, 6 and 12 months, respectively. Only fifty-two participants (15 % of Group 3) completed the dietitian consultation. No significant group-by-time interactions were observed (P > 0·05). The proportion of participants who visited the thirteen website pages ranged from 0·6 % to 75 %. Half (Group 2 = 53 %, Group 3 = 52 %) of participants who completed the process evaluation (Group 2, n 111; Group 3, n 90) were satisfied with the programme. Conclusion: Recruiting and retaining young adults in web-based dietary interventions are challenging. Future research should consider ways to optimise these interventions, including co-design methods.
- Subject
- young adults; diet; nutrition therapy; randomised controlled trial; eHealth
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1483767
- Identifier
- uon:51194
- Identifier
- ISSN:1368-9800
- Rights
- © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Nutrition Society. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
- Language
- eng
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