CCProgram: Creating a Comfortable Cafeteria: Staff and Student Feedback - Outcome Study (Cafeteria Prog)

Sponsor

Mary Jane Karpinski (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT02949063

Collaborator

U.S. Department of Education (U.S. Fed)

366

Enrollment

Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
School Health Services	Behavioral: Comfortable Cafeteria Program

Detailed Description

A mixed methods design was used to explore the outcomes of a 6-week, occupational therapy-led Comfortable Cafeteria program designed to build capacity of cafeteria supervisors to create a positive mealtime environment so that all students can successfully participate in and enjoy their meal and socialization with peers. Statistically significant improvements in pretest posttest visual analogue scale ratings of participation in and enjoyment for students with low and mid-range scores at the outset was found. Cafeteria supervisors demonstrated statistically significant improvements in perceptions of having the knowledge and skills to supervise and to encourage healthy eating based on pretest posttest ratings. Qualitative findings add further insight about the program suggesting that students learned prosocial values (e.g. being kind, helping others), supervisors actively encouraged positive social interaction, and occupational therapy practitioners enjoyed implementing the Comfortable Cafeteria program and recognized positive supervisor and student changes as a result of integrating services in the cafeteria.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Actual Enrollment :

366 participants

Observational Model:

Case-Only

Time Perspective:

Prospective

Official Title:

The Comfortable Cafeteria Program for Promoting Student Participation and Enjoyment: An Outcome Study

Study Start Date :

Mar 1, 2013

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Mar 1, 2014

Actual Study Completion Date :

Mar 1, 2014

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

students' participation during lunch [within 6 weeks]
Visual analogue scale

Secondary Outcome Measures

survey of cafeteria supervisor's knowledge, beliefs and actions related to supervising students in the cafeteria [6 weeks]
written pre and post-survey

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

5 Years to 10 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Students participating in lunch from a particular grade
Cafeteria supervisors of those children
Students with parental consent

Exclusion Criteria:

Students who did not have parental consent

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

Mary Jane Karpinski
U.S. Department of Education

Investigators

Principal Investigator: Susan Bazyk, PhD, Cleveland State University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Additional Information:

Comfortable Cafeteria program information is located on this website including instructions for implementation.

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Mary Jane Karpinski, Administrative Assistant, Office of Research Services, Cleveland State University

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT02949063

Other Study ID Numbers:

29789-BAZ-HS
H027A130158-13A, CFDA 84.027A

First Posted:

Oct 31, 2016

Last Update Posted:

Oct 31, 2016

Last Verified:

Oct 1, 2016

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

Keywords provided by Mary Jane Karpinski, Administrative Assistant, Office of Research Services, Cleveland State University

school lunch

occupational therapy

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Oct 31, 2016