Telenutrition for Individuals With SCI

Description

This study will provide nutrition counseling via FaceTime on an iPad to persons with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) who are overweight or obese and are at least one-year post-injury. Nutrition counseling may help participants to develop eating behaviors that match the participants' needs and help improve heart health. The purpose of this project is to decrease the risk of complications like obesity, high cholesterol, or diabetes, and explore associations between bowel and bladder function and nutrition. This study will require 3 in person visits that are about 3 months apart. The total length of the study is about 6 months and includes 3 months of telenutrition counseling.

Conditions

Spinal Cord Injuries, Obesity, Cardiometabolic Syndrome

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Study overview

This study will provide nutrition counseling via FaceTime on an iPad to persons with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) who are overweight or obese and are at least one-year post-injury. Nutrition counseling may help participants to develop eating behaviors that match the participants' needs and help improve heart health. The purpose of this project is to decrease the risk of complications like obesity, high cholesterol, or diabetes, and explore associations between bowel and bladder function and nutrition. This study will require 3 in person visits that are about 3 months apart. The total length of the study is about 6 months and includes 3 months of telenutrition counseling.

Telenutrition to Improve Cardiometabolic Health and Quality of Life Among Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury

Telenutrition for Individuals With SCI

Condition
Spinal Cord Injuries
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

San Jose

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, California, United States, 95128

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Individuals with traumatic SCI
  • 2. At least 1-year post-injury
  • 3. Age 20 years of age or older
  • 4. BMI \> 22 kg/m2 at enrollment
  • 5. Proficiency in English or Spanish
  • 6. Living at home or in a private home setting (i.e., not an extended care facility) in the state of California
  • 7. Able / willing to come to SCVMC for in-person assessments
  • 8. Primarily a wheelchair user (\>40 hours per week)
  • 9. Able to use, or learn how to use, an iPad
  • 10. Possess adequate decision-making capacity to provide independent informed consent
  • 1. Medical instability (e.g., uncontrolled hypertension, pneumonia, severe pressure injury)
  • 2. Current self-reported pregnancy
  • 3. Other medical condition requiring a strict specialized diet (e.g., renal failure, diabetes)
  • 4. Participation in another diet program (e.g., Jenny Craig, Weight Watchers, clinic-based program) and/or participated in another diet program within the past 6 months
  • 5. Current or past diagnosis of an eating disorder (e.g., anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder)
  • 6. Receiving enteral nutrition
  • 7. Individuals without a primary care physician
  • 8. HbA1c \>7% (these individuals would need to be treated with metformin or other anti-diabetic medication and the intervention would have to be significantly altered for them)
  • 9. Individuals who are in law enforcement custody

Ages Eligible for Study

20 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System,

Kazuko Shem, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Study Record Dates

2026-09-30