Primary care physician- and pediatrician-guided assessment and integration into a comprehensive, structured, individual and regional empowerment concept with case management for children and adolescents with overweight and obesity
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Obesity
- Registration Number
- DRKS00031884
- Lead Sponsor
- Ärztegenossenschaft Nord eG
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
Children and adolescents aged 8 to 17 years; BMI (body mass index) above the 90th BMI percentile of the respective age group.
Exclusion Criteria
Children/adolescents and their families or relatives do not have sufficient motivation for behavioral changes; children/adolescents with insufficient group ability or with intellectual handicaps (only for concept modules in the group setting);
Children/adolescents with manifest mental disorders;
Secondary and syndromal obesity (e.g., Prader-Willi syndrome);
non-existent informed consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Assign children and adolescents aged 8 to 17 years with a BMI (body mass index) above the 90th BMI percentile to obesity therapy and provide structured support using case management and documentation of treatment in a structured manner; description of treatment pathways; dropout from obesity therapy and study participation.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improve satisfaction with health care of children and adolescents and their parents; improve health-related quality of life for children and adolescents; stabilize reduced body weight at a lower level