Childhood Obesity Treatment - Telephone Coaching vc Usual Care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Childhood Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Usual care, individual visits; Behavioral: Telephone coaching

• Registration Number: NCT02794090
• Lead Sponsor: Sodertalje Hospital

Brief Summary

This study evaluates if usual physical care visits to an outpatient pediatric clinic can be replaced with more frequent and shorter Telephone coaching Contacts during 18 months.

Detailed Description

In this randomized controlled study, patients at age 5 to 14 and enrolled in obesity treatment, were randomized to either usual care according to regular routine or to telephone consultation.The randomization was done at the start of individual treatment and lasted for 18 months. We also studied working time required for the Health care, and the families' experience of the Telephone coaching.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-05
• Primary Completion: 2012-09
• Study Completion: 2013-01
• Study First Submitted: 2016-05-31
• Status Verified: 2016-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-06-03
• Study First Posted: 2016-06-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-06-08
• Last Update Posted: 2016-06-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 37

Inclusion Criteria

• Children 5 to 14 years old who were patients at the outpatient pediatric centre
• All families after that the parents had attended at least 4 of 7 meetings in a parental/education group.

Exclusion Criteria

• Obesity related syndromes
• Non-Swedish speaking families

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Usual care, individual visits	Usual care, individual visits	Usual care according to regular treatment routines at the clinic during 18 months. The Child and parent(s) at regular visits to the nurse at the clinic.
Telephone coaching	Telephone coaching	Intervention: Telephone consultation each months except for summer holidays during 18 months. The treating nurse communicated with one of the parents.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in BMI Standard Deviation Score (units)	From start of treatment, during intervention and follow-up. In total mean 3,7 years	BMI Standard Deviation Score units using the Swedish reference by Karlberg et al 2001.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Working time required for the Health care personnel	During the intervention 18 months	Mean time for each group measured in minutes
Families experience of the treatment	During the intervention 18 months	Experience for both the Telephone consultation and usual care by not validated anonymous questionnaires constructed by the researchers in this project