Helping Young Children Improve Eating

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03324568

Run by

Kelly Tanner

People needed

156

Starts

2018-02-04

Expected to finish

2019-01-08

Last updated by the study team

2019-02-25

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 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.

You may not qualify if…

• 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.

Where it is running

• Nationwide Children's Hospital — Columbus, Ohio, United States

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