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The HOME Study: Telehealth Nutrition for Brain Injury

This study, called The HOME Study, is looking at whether nutrition counseling can improve the diets of people who have had a brain injury and are living at home. Many people with brain injuries face ongoing health issues like diabetes or high blood pressure, and often don't receive nutrition support. This trial will compare changes in diet quality between two groups: one receiving three one-on-one nutrition sessions with a Registered Dietitian (Medical Nutrition Therapy) and another receiving only nutrition handouts. The goal is to see if counseling leads to better eating habits. You may be able to join if you are at least 18, have a brain injury, live in Alabama at home, and have internet access.

Study design
This study will recruit 134 participants with brain injury and randomly assign them to either receive nutrition counseling or just educational materials. It is designed as a pre/post study to compare diet quality changes.
What's involved
You would complete nutrition-related questionnaires and dietary recalls at the start and again approximately 6 weeks later. If in the intervention group, you would also participate in three one-on-one nutrition counseling sessions via Zoom.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your diet quality will be measured at the start of the study and again approximately 6 weeks later.

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NCT05965947

The HOME Study (Healthy Options Made Easy): Telehealth Nutrition Sessions for People Living With Brain Injury

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalTreatment
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
~134 participants
Updated 2024-12-09 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Medical Nutrition Therapy

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change in Diet Quality
Measured over Baseline and approximately 6 weeks later

Conditions

Brain Injuries

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Alabama1

Study leadership

  • Joy W Douglas, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · The University of Alabama
  • Linda L Knol, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · The University of Alabama

Who to contact

Joy W Douglas, PhD
[email protected]
2053488044
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

At least 18 years of age
History of brain injury
Live in Alabama
Live at home in the community
Have internet access to join Zoom sessions

Exclusion

Under 18 years of age
No history of brain injury
Lives outside of Alabama
Currently in a hospital, rehabilitation facility, group home, or other location other than 'home'
Pregnant or breastfeeding
Not able/willing to participate based on the Decision-Making Capacity Assessment

What this trial measures

  • Change in Diet QualityBaseline and approximately 6 weeks later

    Diet quality is measured using the Healthy Eating Index Score, which ranges from 0-100. Higher scores indicate better diet quality. The score will be calculated at baseline and approximately 6 weeks later, and these timepoints will be used to calculate the change in diet quality over the study duration.