Effectiveness of an App for Mobile Phones (e-12HR) to Increase Adherence to Mediterranean Diet in University Students

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

e-12HR app: The 'feedback' e-12HR version: This version of the application allows to calculate the Mediterranean Diet Serving Score (MDSS) index; additionally, this version is designed to promote the Mediterranean diet with two specific automatic functions: 1. Evaluation of the user's MDSS index. 2. Identification of the food groups for which the user has not fulfilled the Mediterranean diet recommendations (in addition, this version also provided the user the consumption recommendations established for these food groups).

Study summary

This is a controlled, randomized and multicentric clinical trial aimed at university students and performed at the Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy at the University of Seville (Spain). Its objective is to evaluate the effect of an intervention based on the use of an information and communication technology (ICT) tool, specifically an application for mobile telephones (called e-12HR), in the improvement of adherence to the Mediterranean diet.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Change in the total score of the Mediterranean Diet Serving Score (MDSS) index at fourteen days of monitoring in both arms. — To assess the effect of the intervention, the change in the total score of the Mediterranean Diet Serving Score (MDSS) index is calculated at fourteen days after the initial intervention in both arms.
  Mediterranean Diet Serving Score (MDSS) index is a metric which provides an assessment of the degree to which individuals follow the Mediterranean diet. It took into account previously-established rules which consider: Specific food groups, recommendations for consumption frequency for standard servings (per meal, daily or weekly) and a numerical score assigned to each item.
• Change in the total score of the Mediterranean Diet Serving Score (MDSS) index at twenty-one days of monitoring in both arms. — To assess the effect of the intervention, the change in the total score of the Mediterranean Diet Serving Score (MDSS) index is calculated at twenty-one days after the initial intervention in both arms.
  Mediterranean Diet Serving Score (MDSS) index is a metric which provides an assessment of the degree to which individuals follow the Mediterranean diet. It took into account previously-established rules which consider: Specific food groups, recommendations for consumption frequency for standard servings (per meal, daily or weekly) and a numerical score assigned to each item.
• Change in the total score of the Mediterranean Diet Serving Score (MDSS) index at twenty-eight days of monitoring in both arms. — To assess the effect of the intervention, the change in the total score of the Mediterranean Diet Serving Score (MDSS) index is calculated at twenty-eight days after the initial intervention in both arms.
  Mediterranean Diet Serving Score (MDSS) index is a metric which provides an assessment of the degree to which individuals follow the Mediterranean diet. It took into account previously-established rules which consider: Specific food groups, recommendations for consumption frequency for standard servings (per meal, daily or weekly) and a numerical score assigned to each item.

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