Feasibility of a co-designed online nutrition education program for people with multiple sclerosis.
Mult Scler Relat Disord
; 90: 105816, 2024 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-39146893
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Diet quality is important for people with multiple sclerosis (MS), but conflicting online information causes them confusion. People with MS want evidence-based MS-specific information to help them make healthy dietary changes, and we co-designed an asynchronous, online nutrition education program (Eating Well with MS) with the MS community. Our aim was to determine the feasibility of Eating Well with MS.METHODS:
We used a single-arm pre-post design. The feasibility trial was a nine-week intervention with adults with confirmed MS. Feasibilityoutcomes:
1) demand (recruitment); 2) practicality (completion); 3) acceptability (Intrinsic Motivation Inventory interest/enjoyment and value/usefulness subscales); and 4) limited efficacy testing (Diet Habits Questionnaire (DHQ); Critical Nutrition Literacy Tool (CNLT); Food Literacy Behaviour Checklist (FLBC), using intention-to-treat analysis).RESULTS:
Recruitment (n = 70) exceeded the target (n = 48) within six weeks. Of the 70 enrolled, 84 % completed at least one module and 54 % completed the full program (five modules). The median interest/enjoyment rating was 5 out of 7 and median value/usefulness rating was 6 out of 7 (where 7 = 'very true'). Compared to pre-intervention, DHQ, CNLT, and FLBC scores all statistically significantly improved post-intervention.CONCLUSION:
Eating Well with MS was well received by the MS community and improved their dietary behaviours; demonstrating feasibility. Our findings support the use of co-design methods when developing resources to improve dietary behaviours.Palabras clave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Estudios de Factibilidad
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Educación del Paciente como Asunto
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Esclerosis Múltiple
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mult Scler Relat Disord
Año:
2024
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Article