Helping Young Children Improve Eating

Kelly Tanner156 enrolled

Overview

This study will evaluate the impact of different types of educational materials on parent and child feeding behaviors. Specifically, the investigators will test the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of an investigator-developed series of parent training videos designed to teach behavioral strategies to promote feeding in young children with feeding difficulties.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

156

Conditions

Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood

Interventions

Parent Education VideosBEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive educational videos describing behavioral techniques to improve parent and child eating behavior.

Educational HandoutBEHAVIORAL

Participants will receive educational handouts describing behavioral techniques to improve parent and child eating behavior.

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Parents of patients ages 18 months through 6 years currently on the waitlist (for an estimated time of at least 4-6 weeks) for outpatient feeding therapy, or with feeding concerns identified in a primary care visit; English-speaking parents; parent has the technology to access the videos and REDCap survey. Exclusion Criteria: * Parents of patients not currently eating by mouth; parents of patients currently being treated by a psychologist, occupational therapist, or speech therapist to address feeding, eating, or swallowing skills; parents of patients who have aspirated on their most recent videofluoroscopic swallow study or who currently have a tracheostomy.

Locations (1)

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment

Parent questionnaire that measures parent and child feeding behaviors and attitudes. A higher score indicates more difficulties.

Time frame: 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Food Frequency Questionnaire

Parent questionnaire that measures the amount of different foods children ate over a specific time period (e.g. one month). A higher score indicates more different foods were consumed by the child.

Time frame: 4 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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