Food Environments Are Relevant to Recruitment and Adherence in Dietary Modification Trials

Overview

Journal Nutr Res

Date 2015 May 19

PMID 25981966

Citations 8

Authors

Alexandra Feathers

Ana C Aycinena

Gina S Lovasi

Andrew Rundle

Ann Ogden Gaffney

John Richardson

Dawn Hershman

Pam Koch

Isobel Contento

Heather Greenlee

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Abstract

Few studies have examined the built environment's role in recruitment to and adherence in dietary intervention trials. Using data from a randomized dietary modification trial of urban Latina breast cancer survivors, we tested the hypotheses that neighborhood produce access could act as a potential barrier and/or facilitator to recruitment, and that a participant's produce availability would be associated with increased fruit/vegetable intake, one of the intervention's targets. Eligible women who lived within a higher produce environment had a non-significant trend towards being more likely to enroll in the trial. Among enrollees, women who had better neighborhood access to produce had a non-significant trend toward increasing fruit/vegetable consumption. As these were not a priori hypotheses to test, we consider these analyses to be hypothesis generating and not confirmatory. Results suggest that participants' food environment should be considered when recruiting to and assessing the adherence of dietary intervention studies.

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