Empowering parents of obese children: development and controlled evaluation of an obesity-specific parenting skills training
- Conditions
- Nutritional, Metabolic, EndocrineObesity
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 500
Current inclusion criterria as of 16/05/2012:
1. Children aged 7-13 years
2. Duration of inpatient stay at least four weeks
3. BMI-SDS exceeding the 97th percentile
4. Informed consent to participate in the study and to participate in the parent training if randomised into the intervention group
Previous inclusion criteria:
1. Children aged 7-12 years
2. Duration of inpatient stay at least four weeks
3. BMI-SDS exceeding the 97th percentile
4. Informed consent to participate in the study and to participate in the parent training if randomised into the intervention group
1. Inadequate German language skills of the parent
2. Secondary obesity as a consequence of other diseases
3. Major comorbid diseases
4. Major behavioural or psychiatric disorder of the child
5. Psychiatric disorder of the parent
6. Previous or concomitant parent training by other sources or accompaniment by the parent during the child's inpatient stay
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method BMI-SDS in children, assessed at T1, T2, T4, T5 and T6 (assessed by a physician, an interview and a questionnaire) <br><br>Timepoints: <br>T1: Start of the child's inpatient stay <br>T2: End of the child's inpatient stay <br>T3 (Applicable only for the intervention group; timepoint when a telephone booster session takes place) : One month after the child's inpatient stay <br>T4: Three months after the child's inpatient stay <br>T5: Six months after the child's inpatient stay <br>T6: Twelve months after the child's inpatient stay
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method