A pilot study of the effectiveness of maintenance treatment by Short Message Service (SMS) in overweight and obese children after short-term multidisciplinary cognitive behavioural group therapy
Completed
- Conditions
- Childhood obesityNutritional, Metabolic, EndocrineObesity
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN33476574
- Lead Sponsor
- Erasmus Medical Centre / Medical Research Advice Commission (MRACE) (Netherlands)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 150
Inclusion Criteria
1. Overweight and obese children (Body Mass Index-Standard Deviation Score [BMI-SDS] = 1.1)
2. Aged 7 to 12 years
3. Youth Outcome Questionnaire [Y-OQ] < 46
4. Command of Dutch language
5. No drug-treatable disease as the cause of excess weight
6. No diagnosis of eating disorder as defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th edition (DSM-IV)
Exclusion Criteria
1. Behavioural problems defined as a score exceeding 70 on the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL)
2. Drug-treatable disease as the cause of excess weight
3. Mental retardation
4. Insufficiently fluent in the Dutch language
5. Parents or a child with insufficiently motivation to actively participate in the program
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method