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There is one clinical trial.
A novel way of delivering nutritional education is through experiential learning in a teaching kitchen setting. Studies have shown that patients with metabolic syndrome who underwent a series of classes that featured nutrition recommendations and cooking classes had improved cardiac health. Boston Medical Center (BMC) serves many underserved, low-income patients and has developed an innovative strategy to combat food insecurity and its consequences. This includes a preventative food pantry, a teaching kitchen, and a rooftop farm that provides fresh produce directly to the patients. The presence of this well-established three-pronged approach places our institution in an ideal position to develop a nutritional education intervention that supports experiential learning in this high-risk population. Given the increasing focus on providing remote experiences to minimize contact and risk of infection with Sars-COV-2, the investigators are proposing a study where patients can benefit from nutritional education virtually. Patients with food insecurity and metabolic syndrome who utilize the food pantry will be invited to an educational program conducted on zoom. The program will be run by a registered dietician and chef who will deliver education virtually. Data will be collected using surveys, phone interviews, chart review, and home monitoring to test both the feasibility of running such an intervention virtually and to explore whether attending this program improves cardiac health in patients.
Description: based on number of people invited to participate, number recruited and consented and number attended
Measure: recruitment rates Time: 12 monthsDescription: based on attendance at each virtual educational session
Measure: retention rates Time: 12 monthsDescription: information will be obtained through qualitative interviews
Measure: facilitators for nutritional education Time: 12 monthsDescription: information will be obtained through qualitative interviews
Measure: barriers to nutritional education Time: 12 monthsDescription: through qualitative interview
Measure: knowledge of healthy foods Time: 12 monthsDescription: Baseline BP will be extracted from medical chart. Subjects will be provided with a home BP cuff. BP measurements performed by the patient will be recorded on the BP app. The 6 month follow BP will be extracted from the medical chart if available.
Measure: change in blood pressure (BP) Time: baseline, up to 6 monthsDescription: Baseline blood glucose will be extracted from medical chart. Subjects will use their own glucometer to measuture their blood glucose. glucose measurements performed by the patient will be recorded on the glucometer. The 6 month follow blood glucose will be extracted from the medical chart if available.
Measure: change in blood glucose Time: baseline, up to 6 monthsDescription: Baseline will be extracted from the chart and 6 month will be extracted from the chart if available
Measure: change in hemoglobin A1c Time: baseline, 6 monthsDescription: Baseline weight will be extracted from medical chart. Subjects will be provided with a home scale. weight measurements performed by the patient will be recorded on the scale app. The 6 month follow weight will be extracted from the medical chart if available.
Measure: change in weight Time: baseline, up to 6 months