Feasibility of an Assessment and Feedback Tool to Improve Dietary Intake in Childcare

改善儿童保育膳食摄入​​量的评估和反馈工具的可行性

• 批准号: 10976034
• 负责人: Dipti Ashok Dev
• 金额: $ 21.2万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-30 至 2025-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10976034
• 关键词: Feasibility; Assessment; Feedback; Tool; Improve

National childhood obesity prevention interventions have focused on improving children’s dietary intake in childcare, but challenges in accurately measuring children’s dietary intake and providing feedback to caregivers undermine the effectiveness of these interventions. In response, we have developed a multilevel (parent, teacher, child) technology titled the SensiTray, a child dietary intake assessment and caregiver (parent and teacher) feedback method designed for the childcare setting. The SensiTray includes hardware technology with four sensors embedded in the base of the tray to discretely and automatically measure the quantity of each food consumed during mealtime. The SensiTray also includes software, where the SensiTray provides personalized feedback to caregivers through a connected mobile application. The SensiTray passes valid statistical measures for reliability and accuracy within the laboratory setting, but its accuracy, feasibility and acceptability in a real-world childcare setting is unknown. The goal of the proposed project is to conduct a pilot feasibility study of the SensiTray in the childcare setting and optimize the technology and methodology. Specific aims of the project include 1) Determine the validity of SensiTray in childcare setting 2) Refine and optimize the technology based on focus group feedback from childcare administrators, teachers and parents, and 3) Determine the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effects of SensiTray on caregiver knowledge, practices and child dietary intake. The pilot testing of SensiTray will provide critical groundwork to pave the way for submitting an NIH R01 application for a full-scale cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) for determining the effectiveness of SensiTray in improving caregivers’ use of evidence-based feeding practices and children’s dietary intake.

国家儿童肥胖预防干预措施的重点是改善儿童的饮食摄入量， 儿童保育，但在准确测量儿童的饮食摄入量并提供反馈方面存在挑战 照顾者破坏了这些干预措施的有效性。为此，我们制定了一项 多层次（家长，教师，儿童）技术，名为Sensitray，儿童饮食摄入量评估和 为儿童保育环境设计的照顾者（父母和教师）反馈方法。关于Sensitray 包括硬件技术，四个传感器嵌入在托盘的底部， 自动测量用餐期间每种食物的消耗量。Sensitray还包括 SensiTray通过连接的移动的向护理人员提供个性化反馈 应用程序. SensiTray通过了可靠性和准确性的有效统计指标， 实验室环境，但其准确性，可行性和可接受性，在现实世界的儿童保育环境， 未知拟议项目的目标是在2010年对SensiTray进行试点可行性研究。 儿童保育环境和优化技术和方法。该项目的具体目标包括：（1） 确定SensiTray在儿童保育环境中的有效性2）根据以下方面改进和优化技术 来自儿童保育管理人员、教师和家长的焦点小组反馈，以及3）确定 SensiTray对照顾者知识、实践和儿童的可行性、可接受性和初步影响 饮食摄入 SensiTray的试点测试将为提交NIH R01铺平道路提供关键基础 申请进行全面整群随机对照试验，以确定 SensiTray在改善照顾者使用循证喂养方法和儿童饮食摄入方面的作用。