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Facilitating Effective Eating With DoddleBags: A Single-Arm Acceptability Study Of DoddleBags to Assess Impact on Self Feeding Behaviours in a Huntington's Disease Population
Led by University of Hull · Updated on 2025-12-23
10
Participants Needed
7
Research Sites
69 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Primary Objectives * To assess the acceptability of using the DoddleBags feeding aid in people with HD, by using a food diary to track food intake and using semi-structured interviews to ask questions about how easy or difficult it was to use a DoddleBag for each meal compared to not using one, and learn more about the impact of using DoddleBags on self-feeding behaviours. * To review the impact of using DoddleBags during mealtimes on the weight and BMI of each participant. * To review the impact of using DoddleBags during mealtimes on episodes of choking of each participant. Secondary Objectives * To evaluate the impact of using DoddleBags on participants' attitudes towards mealtimes and eating, using a short battery of mood and eating questionnaires. * To measure how incorporating DoddleBags into mealtimes affects participants' perceived quality of life, using a short battery of mood and eating questionnaires. * To assess the acceptability of the short battery of mood and eating questionnaires within a population of people with HD.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Facilitating Effective Eating With DoddleBags: A Single-Arm Acceptability Study Of DoddleBags to Assess Impact on Self Feeding Behaviours in a Huntington's Disease Population
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Aged 18 or over at the time of recruitment.
- Genetic confirmation of Huntington's Disease with 40 or more CAG repeats on the long allele.
- Presence of chorea (uncontrollable bodily movements) that interfere with normal use of eating utensils, as perceived by the participant.
- Cognitive difficulties that make self-feeding unsafe or ineffective, possibly requiring carer support.
You will not qualify if you...
- Not meeting the inclusion criteria.
- Having a neurological or movement disorder other than Huntington's Disease that could mask symptoms.
- Current use of DoddleBags as a feeding aid outside this study.
- Ability to regularly self-feed safely and effectively without needing DoddleBags.
- Following a mandated diet incompatible with DoddleBags, such as requiring non-pureed or non-soft foods.
- Inability or unwillingness to participate in the study tasks or provide informed consent.
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 7 locations
1
Cambridge University Hospitals
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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2
Cardiff University
Cardiff, United Kingdom
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3
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Glasgow, United Kingdom
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4
Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Leeds, United Kingdom
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5
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Leicester, United Kingdom
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6
Walton Centre NHST
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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7
Sheffield Children's Hospital
Sheffield, United Kingdom
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Research Team
C
Callum Schofield
CONTACT
D
David Smith, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
DEVICE_FEASIBILITY
Number of Arms
1
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