Testing the Feasibility of the DASH Cloud Intervention Using Amazon Alexa

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Conditions studied: Behavior, Health, Diet Modification

In brief

The DASH diet is a proven behavioral strategy to reduce blood pressure, however, national adherence rates are poor. Using digital health tools may help to improve adoption of the DASH diet. Digital health approaches capitalize on the ubiquitous utilization of mobile technologies and have broad dissemination potential. There have been few efforts to test a DASH intervention via digital, and none using voice-activated technologies (e.g, Amazon Alexa). This proposal will enroll up to 20 participants to leverage a commercial diet tracking application, an existing intervention technology platform and the Amazon Echo Dot to test the feasibility of using DASH Cloud, a digital health intervention, with the Amazon Alexa personal assistant.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03455946

Run by

Duke University

People needed

26

Starts

2018-07-23

Expected to finish

2018-12-17

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-25

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Over 21 years old;
• BMI >18.5 kg/m2;
• Current use of a smartphone with an updated operating system
• Data plan
• Willingness to be texted daily or weekly
• Wifi network at home
• An active email account
• Spoken and written English fluency.

You may not qualify if…

• CVD event in prior 6 months
• Active malignancy
• Active psychosis or recent psychiatric institutionalization
• Current pregnancy or lactation
• Current participation in a similar trial.

Where it is running

• Duke University — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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