COVID-19, Obesity and Lifestyle in Children - Role of Professionals

• Conditions: COVID-19; Overweight, Childhood; Childhood Obesity; COVID-19 Pandemic
• Interventions: Other: Covid-19 pandemic

• Registration Number: NCT05336591
• Lead Sponsor: Maastricht University Medical Center

Brief Summary

In this study it is researched how preventive and curative healthcare for children with overweight and obesity was conducted during the Covid-19 pandemic, which barriers were noticed by professionals, and how new methods (such as e-health and telemonitorning) for coaching, communication and healthcare were used and experienced.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-04-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-04-19
• Study First Posted: 2022-04-20
• Study Start: 2022-04-21
• Status Verified: 2022-08
• Primary Completion: 2022-08-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-08-09
• Last Update Posted: 2022-08-12
• Study Completion: 2023-04-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 385

Inclusion Criteria

• Worked during the Covid-19 pandemic
• Works with children with overweight and / or obesity
• Works in The Netherlands

Exclusion Criteria

• No knowledge of the Dutch language.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Other (such as policy makers)	Covid-19 pandemic	-
Other professionals in treatment (e.g. dieticians, physiotherapists)	Covid-19 pandemic	-
Medical doctor	Covid-19 pandemic	-
Nurses (Pediatric department and youth healthcare)	Covid-19 pandemic	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Views and experiences of health care professionals working with children with overweight and obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic	2 years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic	Views and experiences of health care professionals working with children with overweight and obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic measured with a questionnaire using open-end and closed-end (likert-scale) questions.
User experience	2 years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic	User experience of professionals using ehealth options in healthcare for children with overweight or obesity, measured with a questionnaire using closed end and open end questions.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Experiences	2 years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic	In case more in-depth data is needed after the inital questionnaire, semi-structured interviews will be conducted to experiences of health care professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Maastricht University Medical Center; 🇳🇱 Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands