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CompletedNCT02622035Updated Dec 5, 2024

New Technology and Child Health

An interventional study of Provision of information and Emotion induction in Healthy Volunteers, sponsored by National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 120 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-12-05.

Sponsored by National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
415
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 120 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Background:

We are involved in testing new behavioral science methods and measures for future research projects. In the course of these evaluations, we will also test research questions related to parents psychological experiences and how these relate to the responses they have when they encounter different types of communication about child health. We are testing multiple research questions in the course of this research.

Objective:

  • To learn about technologies and approaches to use in future research studies.

Eligibility:

  • Parents (fathers and mothers) of children between the ages of 3-7.

Design:

As part of the main study, participants will do four tasks:

Task 1: Before participants arrive for an in-person visit, they will answer questions online about themselves, their child, and their thoughts and opinions related to health.

Task 2: At the in-person visit, participants will watch a short scene from a movie and answer some questions

Task 3: At the in-person visit, participants will read information about a child health topic and answer questions

Task 4: At the in-person visit, participants will use a virtual reality-based buffet restaurant simulation to make hypothetical food choices for their child...

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Background:

We are involved in testing new behavioral science methods and measures for future research projects. In the course of these evaluations, we will also test research questions related to parents psychological experiences and how these relate to the responses they have when they encounter different types of communication about child health. We are testing multiple research questions in the course of this research.

Objective:

  • To learn about technologies and approaches to use in future research studies.

Eligibility:

  • Parents (fathers and mothers) of children between the ages of 3-7.

Design:

As part of the main study, participants will do four tasks:

Task 1: Before participants arrive for an in-person visit, they will answer questions online about themselves, their child, and their thoughts and opinions related to health.

Task 2: At the in-person visit, participants will watch a short scene from a movie and answer some questions

Task 3: At the in-person visit, participants will read information about a child health topic and answer questions

Task 4: At the in-person visit, participants will use a virtual reality-based buffet restaurant simulation to make hypothetical food choices for their child

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Conditions studied

  • Healthy Volunteers

Keywords

  • Child Feeding
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In context

Lead sponsor

National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is the lead sponsor of 199 studies on the registry; 32 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 120 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA - MAIN TRIAL
  • All participants in the main trial will be healthy adult parents 18 years and older

  • Inclusion criteria include:

    1. being the parent of a biological child who is between 4 and 7 years old with no major allergies or dietary-related health conditions;
    2. having some responsibility for child s dietary intake ;
    3. having the ability to read, write, and converse in English;
    4. being able to come to the NIH Clinical Center for one visit.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA - MAIN TRIAL

  • Exclusion criteria include:

    1. having received information about the study purpose;
    2. being an NHGRI employee;

    3. being from a family wherein another household member or co-parent of a biological child has already participated or is scheduled to participate.

      EXCLUSION CRITERIA - VIRTUAL REALITY

  • Exclusion criteria related to use of the virtual reality environment include:

    1. having a medical susceptibility to dizziness, disorientation or nausea;
    2. having a seizure disorder or epilepsy;
    3. having a high propensity for motion sickness;
    4. lacking freedom of movement;
    5. known pregnancy;
    6. low, uncorrected vision and hearing.

INCLUSION CRITERIA - PILOT

  • Participants in the Pilot test will be healthy adult parents 18 years and older.

  • Inclusion criteria include:

    1. being the parent of a biological child who is between 3 and 7 years old with no major allergies or dietary-related health conditions, but only for the first 10 participants;
    2. having the ability to read, write, and converse in English;
    3. being able to come to the NIH Clinical Center for one visit.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA - PILOT

  1. having received information about the study purpose;
  2. being an NHGRI employee;
  3. low, uncorrected vision and hearing.

INCLUSION CRITERIA - BUFFET SERVING EVALUATION

  • Participants in the secondary Buffet Serving Evaluation will be healthy adult parents 18 years and older

  • Inclusion criteria include:

    1. being the parent of a biological child who is between 3 and 7 years old with no major allergies or dietary-related health conditions;
    2. having some responsibility for child s dietary intake ;
    3. having the ability to read, write, and converse in English;
    4. being able to come to the NIH Clinical Center for one visit.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA - BUFFET SERVING EVALUATION (MAIN)

  1. being an NHGRI employee;
  2. being from a family wherein another household member or co-parent of a biological child has already participated or is scheduled to participate.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA - BUFFET SERVING EVALUATION (VIRTUAL REALITY)

  • Exclusion criteria related to use of the virtual reality environment include:

    1. having a medical susceptibility to dizziness, disorientation or nausea;
    2. having a seizure disorder or epilepsy;
    3. having a high propensity for motion sickness;
    4. lacking freedom of movement;
    5. known pregnancy;

    6. low, uncorrected vision and hearing.

      INCLUSION CRITERIA- OLFACTORY AWARENESS TEST:

  • Participants in the Olfactory Awareness Test will be healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 59

Inclusion criteria include:

  1. Having the ability to read, write and converse in English
  2. Able to come to the clinical center for on visit.

We may also include the following inclusion criteria:

  1. Being the parent of a biological child who is between 3 and 7 years old with no major allergies or dietary-related health conditions
  2. Having some responsibility for child s dietary intake; however, if we encounter recruitment difficulties, we may instead sample nonparent participants who are of the same general age range as parents who participated in our past studies using the virtual buffet. For the pilot test, we will sample non-parents in the age range of past parent participants

EXCLUSION CRITERIA-OLFACTORY AWRAENESS TEST:

  1. Being an NHGRI employee;
  2. Having participated in the Parents TAKE study conducted previously in this lab.

Exclusion criteria related to use of the virtual reality environment include:

  1. Having a medical susceptibility to dizziness, disorientation or nausea;
  2. Having a seizure disorder or epilepsy;
  3. Having a high propensity for motion sickness;
  4. Lacking freedom of movement;
  5. Known pregnancy;
  6. Weak, uncorrected vision, hearing, and/or smell. No adults older than age 59 will be able to participate in this study because older adults tend to experience a decline in olfactory function
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Factorial assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
415 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    1

    Gain frame; Anger

    Behavioral: Provision of information · Behavioral: Emotion induction

  • Experimental
    1b

    high visual perceptual load high interactive

    Behavioral: visual perceptual load

  • Experimental
    2

    Gain frame; Fear

    Behavioral: Provision of information · Behavioral: Emotion induction

  • Experimental
    2b

    high visual perceptual load

    Behavioral: visual perceptual load

  • Experimental
    3

    Loss frame; Anger

    Behavioral: Provision of information · Behavioral: Emotion induction

  • Experimental
    3b

    low visual perceptual load

    Behavioral: visual perceptual load

  • Experimental
    4

    Loss frame; Fear

    Behavioral: Provision of information · Behavioral: Emotion induction

Interventions

  • BehavioralProvision of information

    Information about fruit and vegetable feeding for children framed in gain vs. loss manner

  • BehavioralEmotion induction

    Film clip designed to induce anger or fear

  • Behavioralvisual perceptual load

    visual and interactivity-based load of virtual reality buffet environment

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Exhibited emotion, Feeding decisions, self-reported attitudes, beliefs and intentions; perceptual responses

    feeding behavior and self-reported outcomes

    Time frame: At lab visit

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Study locations

1 site
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
    Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Persky S, Ferrer RA, Klein WMP, Goldring MR, Cohen RW, Kistler WD, Yaremych HE, Bouhlal S. Effects of Fruit and Vegetable Feeding Messages on Mothers and Fathers: Interactions Between Emotional State and Health Message Framing. Ann Behav Med. 2019 Aug 16;53(9):789-800. doi: 10.1093/abm/kay088. PubMed 30395145 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided — Data set is not currently deidentified and participants were not consented for data sharing.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 5, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02622035
Lead sponsor
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 4, 2015
Start date
Jan 15, 2016
Primary completion
Nov 29, 2024
Completion
Nov 29, 2024
Last update
Dec 5, 2024

Study contacts

Susan Persky, Ph.D.
principal investigator · National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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