Increased Monitoring of Physical Activity and Calories With Technology
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Behavior, Health
- Obesity, Childhood
- Parent-Child Relations
- Weight Change, Body
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: The control group will receive standard Brenner FIT care. The intervention group will receive standard Brenner FIT care in additional to mobile health components in the hopes of maximizing the benefits that are already seen with pediatric weight management programs like Brenner FIT.Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)Primary Purpose: Treatment
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 13 years and 18 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
For this project, we will randomize 80 youth with obesity (13 - 18yrs) and a caregiver (dyads) to the Brenner Families in Training (FIT) group or the Brenner Families in Training Mobile (mFIT) group. All youth participants will receive a commercially available activity monitor. Caregivers will recei...
For this project, we will randomize 80 youth with obesity (13 - 18yrs) and a caregiver (dyads) to the Brenner Families in Training (FIT) group or the Brenner Families in Training Mobile (mFIT) group. All youth participants will receive a commercially available activity monitor. Caregivers will receive podcasts with a story about a caregiver supporting weight loss in a child by providing healthy foods/activities for his/her family, including healthy eating and physical activity information. Children will receive animated videos that contain healthy eating and physical activity messaging, with an engaging story of a child losing weight. All participants will have access to a website and mobile apps where they will track weight, diet, and physical activity for themselves (youth) or their child (parents). Based on their reports of weight, eating, and physical activity, the messaging received from clinical staff by the families will be individually tailored to promote healthy behaviors and overcome perceived barriers. The proposed research is innovative in that it explicitly incorporates theory into the intervention and evaluation components of the project and builds upon an existing literature on mobile health interventions that use mobile technology.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03961061
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Justin B Moore, PhD Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
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