Human intervention study investigating the PRECIOUS Food intake tool.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Human intervention study investigating usability and effect on user motivation when using the PRECIOUS Food intake tool.
IRAS ID
188159
Contact name
Charlotte Holmes
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Campden BRI
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 2 months, 30 days
Research summary
This intervention study is being conducted as part of the wider project ‘PREventive Care Infrastructure based on Ubiquitous Sensing’ (PRECIOUS), which has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 611366. Overall, PRECIOUS aims to provide a preventive care system to promote healthy lifestyles, and as part of this PRECIOUS aims to develop a new monitoring tool and will investigate the use of motivational techniques to improve usage and motivational levels. The aim of this intervention study is to investigate whether the motivational aspects of the PRECIOUS food intake tool have an impact on user usage and perceived motivation. The study, will also asses the usability of the mobile health tool. This study will asses two different elements of the overall food intake tool (a food diary and challenge element), with each aspect being assessed by sixty participants the participants will be divided into four groups. All four groups (a minimum of 30 participants) will firstly complete an online attitudinal questionnaire. On completion of this questionnaire they will then download and use either the diary aspect (group 1 &2) or fruit and vegetable challenge aspect (group 3&4) of the PRECIOUS food intake tool for 14 days. After 7 days, the participants will be prompted to complete another online questionnaire. They will then be asked to continue using the app for a further 7 days. After 14 days, the participants will complete a final online questionnaire. For groups 1&3, on 7 days, motivational elements of the PRECIOUS food intake app will be switched on remotely. .During the trial, usage data will be captured to asses’ levels of usage, along with attitudinal and usability questionnaires. The outcomes from the study will help the PRECIOUS consortium asses whether the novel motivational aspects affect the usage and motivation of users when using the PRECIOUS food intake tool.
REC name
West Midlands - Black Country Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/WM/0252
Date of REC Opinion
25 May 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion