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Motivational Interviewing With Dyslipidemic Adolescents Together With a Parent Versus With Adolescents Alone: A Mixed Methods Clinical Trial

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Dyslipidemias
Interventions
Other: Motivational Interviewing/Counselling
Registration Number
NCT02730559
Lead Sponsor
The Hospital for Sick Children
Brief Summary

The primary focus of this proposal is to address growing concern of overweight/ obese adolescents with hyperlipidemia. The proposed study is a 2-arm randomized controlled clinical trial to compare the effectiveness of Motivational interviewing (MI) interventions with the parent and adolescent dyad versus adolescent (10-17yr) alone. The patients will be recruited from the Lipid clinic at Sick Kids. The study hypothesis is that parent child dyad will have more success due to the possible synergetic effect compared to adolescents alone. The study's primary outcome is cholesterol levels (Triglycerides/HDL ratio) and secondary outcomes include overall improvement in their lifestyle and their responses to the MI intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
32
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age at randomization: 10-17 years old
  • 12 hour fasting lipid profile with triglycerides ≥39 mg/dL (1.0 mmol/L) or HDL-C ≤46 mg/dL (1.2 mmol/L), and with non-HDL-C ≥123 mg/dL (3.2 mmol/L)
  • Waist to height ratio ≥0.5.
Exclusion Criteria
  • On lipid lowering medication
  • non-English speaking
  • Developmentally delayed

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Intervention GroupMotivational Interviewing/CounsellingGroup A (Parent-adolescent dyads)
Control Group - Active ComparatorMotivational Interviewing/CounsellingGroup B (Adolescents only)
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Changes in total cholesterol to HDL-C ratioInitial clinic visit (baseline); Repeated 6 months after baseline;
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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