The Effectiveness of a Tailored Nutritional Education Program on Profound Hearing Impairment Adults
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorKing Saud University
About this trial
Literature suggests that profound hearing-impaired people have poor access to health care directly related to communication difficulties. A lack of knowledge regarding health and healthy dietary patterns has been documented. Several associations between chronic diseases such as obesity, CVD, hyperlipidemia etc., and hearing impairments have been established. There is a gap in the literature for studies that use Saudi-sign language-tailored programs in patient health and nutrition education.
This project aims to create a Saudi-sign language general nutritional education program and then test its effectiveness in enhancing the nutritional status and knowledge of Saudis with profound hearing impairments.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Saudi adults
Aged between 18-65 years
Both males and females
Known case of profound hearing impairment /disability
Disqualifiers
Aged <18 years
Not knowing the Saudi Sign Language
Other disabilities such as mental or physical disability
Have nutritional knowledge such as attended course/s related nutrition or studied in nutrition field
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Tailored nutritional education program utilizing Saudi-sign language supplied by Saudi-sign language interpreter
DeviceThe program will be implemented in an experimental group composed of profoundly impaired hearing adults (91 Decibels and above). The experimental group will receive nutrition group counselling via photos, and models, and Saudi-sign language interpreter, including awareness of food groups and their nutrients, choose healthy and balanced items from supermarkets, restaurants or coffee shop menus-traffic lights on nutrition labelling and health problems or diseases related to diet and weight management
Treatment groups
61 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Nutritional education program interventionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: ControlNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Nutrition knowledge
General Nutrition Knowlege Questionnaire GNKQ as videos used Saudi Sign language (Multiple-choice questions with a single select multiple choice question).
Time frame
3 months2
Anthropometric measurements
Anthropometric measurements (e.g., weight and height will be combined to report BMI in kg/m\^2), (Wist and hip circumference will be combined to report Wist/Hip ratio).
Time frame
3 months3
Body composition measurement
Body composition measurement via Tanita to measure (FM, FFM, Muscle mass in Kg and TBW %).
Time frame
3 months4
Dietary assessment
A 3-day food record diary (two days weekday and one day weekend).
Time frame
3 monthsSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov