NCT04512924

The Psychosocial Outcomes in Caregivers of Children With Food Allergy

Food Allergy Symptom Self-management With Technology (FASST) for Caregivers: An mHealth Intervention to Address Psychosocial Outcomes in Caregivers of Children With Newly Diagnosed Food Allergy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Medical University of South Carolina · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate use of a mobile application (also commonly referred to as an app) designed to support caregivers of children with newly diagnosed food allergy. This study has 2 phases. In Phase 1, the researchers obtained feedback regarding use of mobile apps from caregivers who have been managing their child's food allergy for one year or more. The researchers then used this feedback to build a mobile app for caregivers of children with newly diagnosed food allergy. In Phase 2, the researchers will evaluate the mobile app during a 4-week evaluation period with a group of caregivers of children newly diagnosed with food allergy. The data obtained from this study will hopefully benefit caregivers of children with newly diagnosed food allergy.

Conditions

• Food Allergy in Children
• Caregiver Burnout
• Psychosocial Problem
• Family Research

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Enhanced mobile app with standard of care and education	Group 1 will download an enhanced mobile app that will include education and support resources related to food allergy and its management.
BEHAVIORAL	Enhanced mobile app with standard of care, education and support resources	Group 2 will download an enhanced mobile app that will include education and support resources related to food allergy and its management, a symptom monitoring and tracking system that allows mobile app users to log symptoms they may experience as caregivers of children newly diagnosed with food allergy, e.g. fatigue and anxiety, and symptom based interventions (recommendations) that may improve a caregiver's ability to self-manage experienced symptoms.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-12-08
• Primary completion: 2022-04-30
• Completion: 2022-04-30
• First posted: 2020-08-14
• Last updated: 2025-08-11
• Results posted: 2025-08-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States