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Wellness Action Plan Trial Addressing Childhood Obesity

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Childhood Obesity
Interventions
Behavioral: Wellness Action Plan
Registration Number
NCT02185248
Lead Sponsor
Roohi Kharofa, MD, MPH
Brief Summary

The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a novel Wellness Action Plan aimed at 1) improving parent recall of diet and activity plans 2) increasing follow-through with plans and 3) aiding parents in identifying their child's weight category.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
181
Inclusion Criteria
  • Children between the ages of 2.5 and 14 years, regardless of baseline BMI
  • Presented for a well child visit at a pediatric clinic serving primarily Medicaid-insured children in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients in foster care
  • Parents and patients who were non-English speaking
  • Patients who were being seen by a specialist for weight management.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Wellness PlanWellness Action PlanReceived a wellness action plan. The plan included a color-coded BMI chart to help parents understand their child's weight category as well as a brief action planning worksheet to help families create personalized plans around healthy diet and activity changes.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Diet plan recall directly after visitOn day of primary visit

Parents are given a questionnaire which asks whether they made a diet plan with their physician for their child during the visit and whether they will attempt to follow-through with the plan made.

Activity plan recall directly after visitOn day of primary visit, directly after seeing physician

Parents are given a questionnaire which asks whether they made an activity plan with their physician for their child during the visit and whether they will attempt to follow-through with the plan made.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Diet plan recall/follow-through 3 months post visit12 weeks after primary visit

Parents are contacted 12 weeks after their primary visit and given a phone questionnaire which asks whether they made a diet plan with their physician for their child during the last visit and whether they can recall the plan. If parents can recall the plan, they are then asked if they followed-through with the plan (yes, no) and how successful they were with the changes (1-10 scale).

Activity plan recall/follow-through 1 month post visit4 weeks after primary visit

Parents are contacted 4 weeks after their primary visit and given a phone questionnaire which asks whether they made an activity plan with their physician for their child during the last visit and whether they can recall the plan. If parents can recall the plan, they are then asked if they followed-through with the plan (yes, no) and how successful they were with the changes (1-10 scale).

BMI category identification directly after the visitOn day of primary visit

Parents are given a questionnaire which asks whether their physician told them their child's weight category and asks whether they can identify that category.

BMI category identification 3 months post visit12 weeks after primary visit

Parents are contacted 12 weeks after their primary visit and given a phone questionnaire which asks whether their physician told them their child's weight category and asks whether they can identify that category.

Diet plan recall/follow-through 1 month post visit4 weeks after primary visit

Parents are contacted 4 weeks after their primary visit and given a phone questionnaire which asks whether they made a diet plan with their physician for their child during the last visit and whether they can recall the plan. If parents can recall the plan, they are then asked if they followed-through with the plan (yes, no) and how successful they were with the changes (1-10 scale).

BMI category identification 1 month post visit4 weeks after primary visit

Parents are contacted 4 weeks after their primary visit and given a phone questionnaire which asks whether their physician told them their child's weight category and asks whether they can identify that category.

Activity plan recall/follow-through 3 months post visit12 weeks after primary visit

Parents are contacted 12 weeks after their primary visit and given a phone questionnaire which asks whether they made an activity plan with their physician for their child during the last visit and whether they can recall the plan. If parents can recall the plan, they are then asked if they followed-through with the plan (yes, no) and how successful they were with the changes (1-10 scale).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Downtown Health Center

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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