Media Use in Preschooler Study (MUPS) An Office Based Intervention to Improve Media Use in Preschool Children: a Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 4 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 160
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Parent reported number of hours screen time on the previous weekday and previous weekend day
研究概览
简要总结
Childhood obesity is an epidemic and increasing. There are very few effective treatments for obesity in children. Recent studies have shown an association between obesity and sedentary behaviors such as television, video viewing and playing video games ('screen time') in preschool aged children. A school based intervention to reduce screen time in older children has been effective in preventing obesity.
The reduction of screen time may lead to the prevention of obesity and its complications in preschool children.
详细描述
There have been no trials examining an intervention to decrease screen time in preschool children in the physician office setting. This setting is appealing for interventions directed to preschool children because of accessibility. In addition, other public health interventions implemented in a physician office setting, such as home safety advice, have been effective.
The proposed study design will be a randomized controlled trial. The intervention group will receive the study intervention, which is a 15 minute session about the health impact of screen time in children and strategies to decrease screen time.
The objective of this study is to determine if an office based intervention is effective in decreasing screen time (television, video viewing and playing video games) in preschool children.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 3 Years 至 3 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •registered to attend a 3 year old well child visit
排除标准
- •children with limitations in ambulation or cognitive delay will be excluded from the study.
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention
干预措施: Strategies to decrease screen time in children (Behavioral)
Control
干预措施: Non-Strategical Media Education (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Parent reported number of hours screen time on the previous weekday and previous weekend day
时间窗: 6 and 12 months
次要结局
- Number of meals in front of the TV(6 and 12 months)
- Activity levels(6 and 12 months)
- Anthropometric measures(12 months)
研究者
Catherine Birken
Staff Paediatrician
The Hospital for Sick Children