Media Use in Preschooler Study (MUPS)

Phase 4

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Non-Strategical Media Education; Behavioral: Strategies to decrease screen time in children

• Registration Number: NCT00959309
• Lead Sponsor: The Hospital for Sick Children

Brief Summary

Childhood obesity is an epidemic and increasing. There are very few effective treatments for obesity in children. Recent studies have shown an association between obesity and sedentary behaviors such as television, video viewing and playing video games ('screen time') in preschool aged children. A school based intervention to reduce screen time in older children has been effective in preventing obesity.

The reduction of screen time may lead to the prevention of obesity and its complications in preschool children.

Detailed Description

There have been no trials examining an intervention to decrease screen time in preschool children in the physician office setting. This setting is appealing for interventions directed to preschool children because of accessibility. In addition, other public health interventions implemented in a physician office setting, such as home safety advice, have been effective.

The proposed study design will be a randomized controlled trial. The intervention group will receive the study intervention, which is a 15 minute session about the health impact of screen time in children and strategies to decrease screen time.

The objective of this study is to determine if an office based intervention is effective in decreasing screen time (television, video viewing and playing video games) in preschool children.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-10
• Study First Submitted: 2009-08-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-08-13
• Study First Posted: 2009-08-14
• Primary Completion: 2009-12
• Study Completion: 2009-12
• Status Verified: 2017-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-11-08
• Last Update Posted: 2017-11-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 160

Inclusion Criteria

• registered to attend a 3 year old well child visit

Exclusion Criteria

• children with limitations in ambulation or cognitive delay will be excluded from the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Control	Non-Strategical Media Education	-
Intervention	Strategies to decrease screen time in children	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parent reported number of hours screen time on the previous weekday and previous weekend day	6 and 12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of meals in front of the TV	6 and 12 months
Activity levels	6 and 12 months
Anthropometric measures	12 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Hospital for Sick Children; 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada