NCT02779491

Evaluation of a 5-a-day Fruit and Vegetable Mobile Phone Application

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 8 October 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing 5-a-day fruit and vegetable mobile phone application in Nutritional Status in 94 participants. Completed in 30 December 2018.

Timeline

1 June 2016

Primary endpoint
30 June 2018

30 December 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Bournemouth University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	94
Start date	1 June 2016
Primary completion	30 June 2018
Estimated completion	30 December 2018

Drugs / interventions tested

• 5-a-day fruit and vegetable mobile phone application

Conditions studied

• Nutritional Status — all drugs for Nutritional Status →
• Nutrition Assessment — all drugs for Nutrition Assessment →

Sponsor

Bournemouth University

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Nutritional Status or Nutrition Assessment. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Fruit and Vegetable Intakes (Self-report, Questionnaire Assessment) Primary · Intervention end

Self-report, questionnaire assessment

Group	Value	95% CI
Intervention for Two Weeks	3.8	± 1.7
Control for Two Weeks	2.6	± 2.0
Intervention for Four Weeks	5.2	± 1.6
Control for Four Weeks	4.0	± 1.8

Fruit and Vegetable Knowledge (Questionnaire Assessment) Secondary · Intervention end

FV knowledge will be assessed by the FV knowledge questionnaire published in Appleton et al. J Hum Nutr Diet, 2018;31:121-130. The questionnaire assessed four aspects of FV knowledge in relation to the UK 5-a-day recommendations. The portion sizes subscale is provided, where positive scores are given for correct responses, and negative scores for incorrect responses. Min. max scores are -27, 27. Higher scores show greater knowledge.

Group	Value	95% CI
Intervention for Two Weeks	-2.5	± 7.7
Control for Two Weeks	-5.5	± 8.7
Intervention for Four Weeks	-7.7	± 9.5
Control for Four Weeks	-5.3	± 8.1

App Usage Secondary · Intervention end

Number of days on which users interacted with the app.

Group	Value	95% CI
Intervention for Two Weeks	11.4	± 7.2
Intervention for Four Weeks	13.7	± 9.2

Sponsor's own description

This is a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of a novel fruit and vegetable mobile phone application on fruit and vegetable intakes, knowledge and attitudes.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. An Interactive Mobile Phone App (SMART 5-A-DAY) for Increasing Knowledge of and Adherence to Fruit and Vegetable Recommendations: Development and Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.
   Appleton KM, Passmore D, Burn I, Pidgeon H, et al · · 2019 · cited 8× · PMID 31746766 · DOI 10.2196/14380