{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Evans S"],"funding":["Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital Charities Research Foundation"],"pagination":["2182"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9182776"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(11)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Patients with phenylketonuria (PKU) require a phenylalanine/protein-restricted diet, with limited food choice. Interpreting food labels, calculating protein intake, and determining food suitability are complex and confusing tasks. A mobile multi-media low-protein diet app was developed to guide food choice, label interpretation, and protein calculation. '<i>PKU Bite</i>'<sup>®</sup> includes &gt;1100 specialist and regular low-protein foods, is colour-coded for suitability, and features a protein calculator. A 12-week randomised controlled trial assessed app efficacy, compared with written/pictorial material, in 60 parents/caregivers of children with PKU, aged 1-16 years, and 21 adolescents with PKU. Questionnaires examined self-efficacy and label-reading knowledge; food records evaluated "],"journal":["Nutrients"],"pubmed_title":["Efficacy of a New Low-Protein Multimedia Diet App for PKU."],"pmcid":["PMC9182776"],"funding_grant_id":["BCHRF477"],"pubmed_authors":["MacDonald A","Dhadwar P","Pinto A","Jackson R","Daly A","Lecocq O","Evans S","Syed A","Ashmore C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Efficacy of a New Low-Protein Multimedia Diet App for PKU.","description":"Patients with phenylketonuria (PKU) require a phenylalanine/protein-restricted diet, with limited food choice. Interpreting food labels, calculating protein intake, and determining food suitability are complex and confusing tasks. A mobile multi-media low-protein diet app was developed to guide food choice, label interpretation, and protein calculation. '<i>PKU Bite</i>'<sup>®</sup> includes &gt;1100 specialist and regular low-protein foods, is colour-coded for suitability, and features a protein calculator. A 12-week randomised controlled trial assessed app efficacy, compared with written/pictorial material, in 60 parents/caregivers of children with PKU, aged 1-16 years, and 21 adolescents with PKU. Questionnaires examined self-efficacy and label-reading knowledge; food records evaluated ","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 May","modification":"2025-04-04T20:41:48.979Z","creation":"2025-04-04T20:41:48.979Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9182776","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35683982"],"doi":["10.3390/nu14112182"]}}