TelehealthNCT05726448
Evaluating Telehealth Solutions in WIC: Wisconsin WIC Clients
A study testing Telehealth solution in people with Telehealth and Nutrition Education, run by Tufts University at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
With funding through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Tufts University's Telehealth Intervention Strategies for WIC (THIS-WIC) project, Wisconsin's (WI) WIC department will be implementing a new, customized, mobile-friendly nutrition education platform called ONE (Online Nutrition Education) in… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Telehealth, Nutrition Education, Breast Feeding
- What is being tested?
- Telehealth solution
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 2,228 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 12 Jan 2022to 30 Nov 2023
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- pregnant women
- postpartum women
- parent/guardian of a participating infant or child in the WIC program
- Study participants will be clients at local WIC agency sites where either the telehealth solution is offered or where only usual care is available (control).
Who cannot join
None listed.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
With funding through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Tufts University's Telehealth Intervention Strategies for WIC (THIS-WIC) project, Wisconsin's (WI) WIC department will be implementing a new, customized, mobile-friendly nutrition education platform called ONE (Online Nutrition Education) in WI's WIC program. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the ONE platform. The evaluation will focus on WIC clients as the study population. The Wisconsin WIC department would be implementing this education platform, regardless of the evaluation research. The Wisconsin WIC department is responsible for implementing this new intervention, while the Tufts University research team is responsible for the evaluation of this platform through surveys and analysis of administrative data.
An online survey will be used to gauge WIC clients' satisfaction with ONE, and the impact of the telehealth solution compared to usual care on breastfeed duration, dietary intake, attendance at scheduled appointments, attitudes to breastfeeding and nutrition education, and barriers encountered. Survey data will be combined with previously collected data on clients and their families from the WI Management Information Systems (MIS), and aggregate level data from the ONE telehealth solution about ONE utilization.
Read the detailed description
Telehealth can reduce barriers and increase access to care, and it can be applied to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). WIC is a federal nutrition assistance program that helps low-income women with children up to age 5. There is a large volume of research that supports remote patient monitoring, and the most benefits are found when telehealth is used for communication and counseling. The USDA awarded Tufts University a grant to test and evaluate the use of telehealth innovations in the delivery of USDA's WIC program. Tufts University then offered the USDA/Tufts Telehealth Intervention Strategies for WIC (THIS-WIC) grant opportunity to WIC state agencies across the US. THIS-WIC selected 7 WIC State Agencies to receive grants, and the WI state agency is one recipient. The THIS-WIC team at Tufts University is leading the evaluation of these telehealth solutions in collaboration with funded WIC State Agencies.
THIS-WIC aims to generate evidence from WI's telehealth solution to inform how the ONE platform supports WIC services compared to usual in-person care. ONE is a mobile-optimized website, meaning that it functions as an app without requiring the amount of memory and data that apps use. WIC clients can experience the ONE platform in either English or Spanish. Evaluation findings will inform stakeholders about the platform's benefits and how viable it is to sustain and adapt ONE more widely.
Surveys will be conducted online via the Alchemer survey software platform for intervention and control sites.
- Conditions
- Telehealth, Nutrition Education, Breast Feeding, Dietary Intake, WIC
- Being tested
- Telehealth solution
- Keywords
- telehealth, WIC, nutrition education, breast feeding, dietary intake
- Medical subject headings
- Breast Feeding
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Telehealth solutionBehavioural
Mobile-friendly nutrition education platform
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Telehealth solution | Experimental | Telehealth solution offered Receives: Behavioral: Telehealth solution |
| Usual care | No intervention | Control |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Satisfaction with the telehealth solution
WIC clients satisfaction with nutrition education offered via the telehealth solution compared to usual care. Data will be collected, and this outcome measure will be assessed via survey completion by study participants.
Measured: During the study period, approximately 18 months
Secondary outcomes (5)
Breastfeeding duration
Duration of breastfeeding in clients offered the telehealth solution compared to usual care. Data will be collected, and this outcome measure will be assessed via survey completion by study participants.
Measured: During the study period, approximately 18 months
Attendance at scheduled appointments
WIC clients attendance at appointments when offered the telehealth solution compared to usual care. Data will be collected, and this outcome measure will be assessed via survey completion by study participants.
Measured: During the study period, approximately 18 months
Dietary intake
Impact of the telehealth solution compared to usual care on dietary intake. Data will be collected, and this outcome measure will be assessed via survey completion by study participants.
Measured: During the study period, approximately 18 months
Attitudes to breastfeeding and nutrition education
Impact of the telehealth solution compared to usual care on WIC clients' attitudes to breastfeeding and nutrition education. Data will be collected, and this outcome measure will be assessed via survey completion by study participants.
Measured: During the study period, approximately 18 months
Barriers encountered in obtaining nutrition education
Impact of the telehealth solution compared to usual care on barriers encountered by WIC clients in obtaining nutrition education. Data will be collected, and this outcome measure will be assessed via survey completion by study participants.
Measured: During the study period, approximately 18 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted14 Feb 2023
- Study start12 Jan 2022
- Primary completion30 Nov 2023
- Study completion30 Nov 2023
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for TelehealthStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- Study participants will be clients at local WIC agency sites where either the telehealth solution is offered or where only usual care is available (control).
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 2,228 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Tufts University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, RTI International
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Erin Hennessy, Tufts University
- Investigators
- Erin Hennessy, PhD, Principal investigator, Tufts University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05726448
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- STUDY00002199
- Status last verified
- May 2024
- First submitted
- 5 Jan 2023
- Last updated
- 31 May 2024
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 31 May 2024. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Evaluating Telehealth Solutions in WIC: Wisconsin WIC Clients
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05726448
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- STUDY00002199
- Conditions
- Telehealth, Nutrition Education, Breast Feeding, Dietary Intake, WIC
- Keywords
- telehealth, WIC, nutrition education, breast feeding, dietary intake
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 2,228 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Tufts UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, RTI International
- Study start
- 12 Jan 2022 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Nov 2023 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 Nov 2023 (actual)
- First posted
- 14 Feb 2023 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
With funding through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Tufts University's Telehealth Intervention Strategies for WIC (THIS-WIC) project, Wisconsin's (WI) WIC department will be implementing a new, customized, mobile-friendly nutrition education platform called ONE (Online Nutrition Education) in WI's WIC program. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of the ONE platform. The evaluation will focus on WIC clients as the study population. The Wisconsin WIC department would be implementing this education platform, regardless of the evaluation research. The Wisconsin WIC department is responsible for implementing this new intervention, while the Tufts University research team is responsible for the evaluation of this platform through surveys and analysis of administrative data.
An online survey will be used to gauge WIC clients' satisfaction with ONE, and the impact of the telehealth solution compared to usual care on breastfeed duration, dietary intake, attendance at scheduled appointments, attitudes to breastfeeding and nutrition education, and barriers encountered. Survey data will be combined with previously collected data on clients and their families from the WI Management Information Systems (MIS), and aggregate level data from the ONE telehealth solution about ONE utilization.
Detailed description
Telehealth can reduce barriers and increase access to care, and it can be applied to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). WIC is a federal nutrition assistance program that helps low-income women with children up to age 5. There is a large volume of research that supports remote patient monitoring, and the most benefits are found when telehealth is used for communication and counseling. The USDA awarded Tufts University a grant to test and evaluate the use of telehealth innovations in the delivery of USDA's WIC program. Tufts University then offered the USDA/Tufts Telehealth Intervention Strategies for WIC (THIS-WIC) grant opportunity to WIC state agencies across the US. THIS-WIC selected 7 WIC State Agencies to receive grants, and the WI state agency is one recipient. The THIS-WIC team at Tufts University is leading the evaluation of these telehealth solutions in collaboration with funded WIC State Agencies.
THIS-WIC aims to generate evidence from WI's telehealth solution to inform how the ONE platform supports WIC services compared to usual in-person care. ONE is a mobile-optimized website, meaning that it functions as an app without requiring the amount of memory and data that apps use. WIC clients can experience the ONE platform in either English or Spanish. Evaluation findings will inform stakeholders about the platform's benefits and how viable it is to sustain and adapt ONE more widely.
Surveys will be conducted online via the Alchemer survey software platform for intervention and control sites.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Study participants will be clients at local WIC agency sites where either the telehealth solution is offered or where only usual care is available (control).
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Telehealth solution | Experimental | Behavioral: Telehealth solutionTelehealth solution offered |
| Usual care | No intervention | –Control |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- pregnant women
- postpartum women
- parent/guardian of a participating infant or child in the WIC program
- Study participants will be clients at local WIC agency sites where either the telehealth solution is offered or where only usual care is available (control).
Key exclusion criteria (0 listed)
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Telehealth solutionMobile-friendly nutrition education platform | Behavioural | Telehealth solution |
Primary outcome
Satisfaction with the telehealth solution
Time frame: During the study period, approximately 18 months
WIC clients satisfaction with nutrition education offered via the telehealth solution compared to usual care. Data will be collected, and this outcome measure will be assessed via survey completion by study participants.
5 secondary outcomes
Breastfeeding duration
Time frame: During the study period, approximately 18 months
Attendance at scheduled appointments
Time frame: During the study period, approximately 18 months
Dietary intake
Time frame: During the study period, approximately 18 months
Attitudes to breastfeeding and nutrition education
Time frame: During the study period, approximately 18 months
Barriers encountered in obtaining nutrition education
Time frame: During the study period, approximately 18 months
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 31 May 2024.
- Tufts Telehealth Intervention Strategies for WIC (THIS-WIC) websiteLink provided by the sponsor.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Erin Hennessy, PhD principal investigator
Tufts University
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Telehealth solution in people with Telehealth and Nutrition Education, run by Tufts University at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 0 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 31 May 2024. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Satisfaction with the telehealth solution (time frame: During the study period, approximately 18 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 31 May 2024.