Tags

Type your tag names separated by a space and hit enter

Development and pilot testing of the Baby-Feed web application for healthcare professionals and parents to improve infant diets.
Int J Med Inform. 2023 Jun; 174:105047.IJ

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Diet is key in preventing rapid infant weight gain but adherence to infant dietary recommendations is difficult to follow and low in adherence.

OBJECTIVE

Develop and pilot test the "Baby-Feed" web application for parents and healthcare professionals to easily evaluate infant diets and provide immediate feedback to promote adherence to current infant dietary recommendations.

METHODS

Baby-Feed was developed following the ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation) model. It was pilot tested among two clinicians and 25 parents of infants aged 4 to 12 months that had a scheduled well-child visit at a community health center in Miami. After 2 weeks of using Baby-Feed, parents completed a feasibility, acceptability, satisfaction, and usability questionnaire. Parents and clinicians were also asked to suggest improvements. Descriptive analysis included frequency and median (25th, 75th percentiles). One-sample binomial tests was used to evaluate if feasible, acceptable, satisfactory, and usable.

RESULTS

Twenty-three parents completed the evaluation (all were mothers), 31.0 (26.0, 33.0) years-old, 96% Hispanic, 83% had ≥ high school education, with 1.5 (1.0, 2.0) children. Infants' age was 6.1 (4.0, 9.0) months and 57% were boys. Binomial tests indicated that most parents (greater than87%) agreed that Baby-Feed was easy to use, learn, quick, would use it again, rated it as 4/5 stars. They used it greater than 1 times per week (p < 0.001). Parents suggested improving the visuals (more icons, colors, and pictures) and images of portion sizes, highlighting missing fields, being able to view/open it on their phones, and adding recipes and more information. The two clinicians (a pediatrician and a physician assistant) suggested to be open-access and to add more infant nutrition information.

CONCLUSION

Baby-Feed was feasible, usable, satisfactory, and acceptable. It could be used as a tool to easily evaluate infant diets in the healthcare setting to provide immediate feedback.

Links

Publisher Full Text (DOI)

Authors+Show Affiliations

Palacios C
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA. Electronic address: cristina.palacios@fiu.edu.
Bolton J
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Wang W
Vertically Integrated Projects, School of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Gatto A
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Concepción L
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Sadjadi M
Vertically Integrated Projects, School of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Varella M
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Hannan J
Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.

MeSH

MaleInfantHumansAdultFemaleParentsDietSurveys and QuestionnairesHealth FacilitiesDelivery of Health Care

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

36948062

Citation

Palacios, Cristina, et al. "Development and Pilot Testing of the Baby-Feed Web Application for Healthcare Professionals and Parents to Improve Infant Diets." International Journal of Medical Informatics, vol. 174, 2023, p. 105047.
Palacios C, Bolton J, Wang W, et al. Development and pilot testing of the Baby-Feed web application for healthcare professionals and parents to improve infant diets. Int J Med Inform. 2023;174:105047.
Palacios, C., Bolton, J., Wang, W., Gatto, A., Concepción, L., Sadjadi, M., Varella, M., & Hannan, J. (2023). Development and pilot testing of the Baby-Feed web application for healthcare professionals and parents to improve infant diets. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 174, 105047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105047
Palacios C, et al. Development and Pilot Testing of the Baby-Feed Web Application for Healthcare Professionals and Parents to Improve Infant Diets. Int J Med Inform. 2023;174:105047. PubMed PMID: 36948062.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - JOUR T1 - Development and pilot testing of the Baby-Feed web application for healthcare professionals and parents to improve infant diets. AU - Palacios,Cristina, AU - Bolton,Jennifer, AU - Wang,Wenjia, AU - Gatto,Alayne, AU - Concepción,Lourdes, AU - Sadjadi,Masoud, AU - Varella,Marcia, AU - Hannan,Jean, Y1 - 2023/03/17/ PY - 2022/11/10/received PY - 2023/1/30/revised PY - 2023/3/13/accepted PY - 2023/4/25/medline PY - 2023/3/23/pubmed PY - 2023/3/22/entrez KW - Dietary KW - Guidelines KW - Infant KW - Recommendations KW - Web application SP - 105047 EP - 105047 JF - International journal of medical informatics JO - Int J Med Inform VL - 174 N2 - BACKGROUND: Diet is key in preventing rapid infant weight gain but adherence to infant dietary recommendations is difficult to follow and low in adherence. OBJECTIVE: Develop and pilot test the "Baby-Feed" web application for parents and healthcare professionals to easily evaluate infant diets and provide immediate feedback to promote adherence to current infant dietary recommendations. METHODS: Baby-Feed was developed following the ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation) model. It was pilot tested among two clinicians and 25 parents of infants aged 4 to 12 months that had a scheduled well-child visit at a community health center in Miami. After 2 weeks of using Baby-Feed, parents completed a feasibility, acceptability, satisfaction, and usability questionnaire. Parents and clinicians were also asked to suggest improvements. Descriptive analysis included frequency and median (25th, 75th percentiles). One-sample binomial tests was used to evaluate if feasible, acceptable, satisfactory, and usable. RESULTS: Twenty-three parents completed the evaluation (all were mothers), 31.0 (26.0, 33.0) years-old, 96% Hispanic, 83% had ≥ high school education, with 1.5 (1.0, 2.0) children. Infants' age was 6.1 (4.0, 9.0) months and 57% were boys. Binomial tests indicated that most parents (greater than87%) agreed that Baby-Feed was easy to use, learn, quick, would use it again, rated it as 4/5 stars. They used it greater than 1 times per week (p < 0.001). Parents suggested improving the visuals (more icons, colors, and pictures) and images of portion sizes, highlighting missing fields, being able to view/open it on their phones, and adding recipes and more information. The two clinicians (a pediatrician and a physician assistant) suggested to be open-access and to add more infant nutrition information. CONCLUSION: Baby-Feed was feasible, usable, satisfactory, and acceptable. It could be used as a tool to easily evaluate infant diets in the healthcare setting to provide immediate feedback. SN - 1872-8243 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/36948062/Development_and_pilot_testing_of_the_Baby_Feed_web_application_for_healthcare_professionals_and_parents_to_improve_infant_diets_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -