Effectiveness of the Just Right Challenge Food Club for Decreasing Food Selectivity and Increasing Mealtime Quality

This single subject study tested the effectiveness of the Just Right Challenge Food Club for decreasing food selectivity and increasing mealtime qualify for children with developmental disabilities.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Food Selectivity
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Just Right Challenge Food Club

Detailed Description

This study used a single subject design to test the effectiveness of the Just Right Challenge Food Club for decreasing food selectivity and increasing mealtime quality for children with developmental disabilities. Baseline data was collected during the time that participants spent on the wait list for treatment. Treatment data was collected each week during treatment session. This protocol produced a significant change in both the number of foods the children in the study ate as well as the parents perception of mealtime quality.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 7
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 2 years to 15 years (CHILD)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children who accepted less than 15 foods as part of their regular diet
• Children who refused whole food groups

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with life threatening food selectivity per parent report and physician referral information

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: NA
• Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Just Right Challenge Food Club Protocol; There was only one arm in this study. All participants received the Just Right Challenge Food Club Protocol and single subject (time series) data was collected.	Behavioral: Just Right Challenge Food Club; Systematic desensitization, positive reinforcement and escape extinction at a level of just right challenge.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in Food Inventory questionnaire	Parents marked the foods that their child ate over the past week every week for up to 45 weeks	Every week for up to 45 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in About Your Child's Eating questionnaire	A measure of parent perception of mealtime qualify	Up to 45 weeks between pre and post test measures.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Western Michigan University
• Collaborators: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): October 19, 2016
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): December 12, 2017
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): December 12, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 12, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 26, 2018
• First Posted (ACTUAL): November 28, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): November 30, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 28, 2018
• Last Verified: November 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
• Other Study ID Numbers: JRCFC Single-Subject

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No