Healthy Weight Poster, Multi-site Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Childhood Obesity
• Interventions: Other: Exam room with poster

• Registration Number: NCT03128112
• Lead Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Brief Summary

This is a multi-site, cross-sectional study of 3-8 year old children and their parents presenting for a well-child check. The investigators are assessing whether a novel, educational, exam room poster can effectively prompt parents to ask their pediatricians about their children's weight status and improve parents' perceptions of their children's weight status.

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a novel, educational, exam room poster can effectively prompt parents to ask their pediatricians about their children's weight status. Exam rooms within clinics will be randomized to either have the poster or not and parents will complete questionnaires assessing weight perception, whether they discussed their child's weight with their physician, and basic demographics. Participants who are in exam rooms with a poster will also answer questions specifically about the poster.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-04-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-04-20
• Study First Posted: 2017-04-25
• Study Start: 2017-06-20
• Primary Completion: 2018-04-30
• Study Completion: 2018-04-30
• Status Verified: 2019-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-06-27
• Last Update Posted: 2019-06-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 965

Inclusion Criteria

• Children aged 3-8 years old presenting to pediatric clinic for a well-child visit.
• Parents of include children who speak English or Spanish and are able to complete a written survey.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Parents that are <18 years old
• Children with no documented weight or height for their visit
• Any medical condition that would affect weight gain or growth such as failure to thrive, congenital heart defect, etc.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Exam room with poster	Exam room with poster	All parents will be asked to fill out a questionnaire detailing basic demographic information as well as their perception of their child's weight. Parents who are in exam rooms with posters will be directed to read the poster on the exam room wall. After viewing the poster and after seeing their physician, parents will be ask to fill out a second short questionnaire that will ask parents whether they discussed their child's weight status with their physician, whether this conversation was prompted by the poster, and whether they believe their own child is very overweight, overweight, healthy weight, underweight, or very underweight.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Poster assessment prompts by questionnaire	End of study - 1 year	Assess whether the poster prompts parents to ask their child's doctor whether their child is a healthy weight.
Parents' perceptions by questionnaire	End of study - 1 year	Assess whether the poster improves accuracy of parents' perceptions of their children's weight status.
Changes in parental perception by questionnaire	End of study - 1 year	Among parents who view the poster, the investigators will assess whether parental perception changes differentially based on parental race/ethnicity, education, or socioeconomic background.

Trial Locations

Locations (7)

Pediatric Associates of Northern Kentucky; 🇺🇸 Crestview Hills, Kentucky, United States

Duke Children's Primary Care Brier Creek; 🇺🇸 Durham, North Carolina, United States

UAB Health Center Huntsville; 🇺🇸 Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Duke Health Center at Roxboro Street; 🇺🇸 Durham, North Carolina, United States

Downtown Health Plaza; 🇺🇸 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Ford Simpson Lively and Rice Pediatrics; 🇺🇸 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Public Health Center - Eastgate; 🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States