Wellness Action Plan Trial Addressing Childhood Obesity
- 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
- 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
- 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
Group Intervention Description Wellness Plan Wellness Action Plan Received 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
Name Time Method Diet plan recall directly after visit On 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 visit On 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
Name Time Method Diet plan recall/follow-through 3 months post visit 12 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 visit 4 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 visit On 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 visit 12 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 visit 4 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 visit 4 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 visit 12 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
🇺🇸Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States