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Role of Parenting Skills and Parenting Style in Pediatric Weight Loss Programs

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified June 2010 by Brown University
Sponsor:
Collaborators:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Rhode Island Hospital
Information provided by:
Brown University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01004341
First received: October 20, 2009
Last updated: June 14, 2010
Last verified: June 2010
History of Changes
  Purpose

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of different parenting skills and parenting styles in the success of children enrolled in a family-based behavioral weight control program and to compare these skills and styles to those used by families with normal weight children.


Condition Intervention
Pediatric Obesity
 Behavioral: Family-based behavioral weight control intervention

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Role of Parenting Skills, Style and Family Functioning in Pediatric Weight Loss

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U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Brown University:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Change in parenting skills and parenting style [ Time Frame: 0 and 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Change in child BMI z-score [ Time Frame: 0 and 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 45
Study Start Date: June 2009
Estimated Study Completion Date: May 2014
Estimated Primary Completion Date: May 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
    Behavioral: Family-based behavioral weight control intervention
    Standard behavioral weight control program for children ages 8-12 years old and their parents in a family-based intervention.
Detailed Description:

Pediatric overweight has nearly tripled in the past several decades and while family-based behavioral weight control programs are the mainstay of treatment, there is considerable variability in their outcomes. Parents play an important role in the success of their children, particularly by implementing new behavioral skills. However recent evidence has also suggested that parenting style, or the way a parent interacts with their child and provides emotional support and discipline, may be another key element in pediatric weight control. Our goal is to evaluate the role of specific parenting (behavioral) skills and parenting style in the success of children enrolled in a standard family-based behavioral weight control intervention. Our goal is to examine whether specific parenting (behavioral) skills and parenting style change during the intervention and whether or not this change is related to changes in the child's BMI z-score.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   8 Years to 12 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • children between and including the ages of 8-12 years old
  • child BMI >= 85th percentile
  • parent willing to attend all treatment meetings
  • parent and child must be able to speak, read, and understand English

Exclusion Criteria:

  • a family member who is participating in another weight loss program
  • the child has any serious medical problem that would limit his/her participation in the study, for example, gastrointestinal diseases, cardiac disease, immune compromised state, chronic steroid use or other medication that impacts weight, developmental delays.
  • child with serious food allergies that would compromise adherence to dietary recommendations
  • any family member has a major psychiatric disease or organic brain syndrome
  • family is going to move outside the metropolitan area within the time frame of the study
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01004341

Contacts
Contact: Kyung E Rhee, MD, MSc 401-793-8997 krhee1@lifespan.org

Locations
United States, Rhode Island
Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, The Miriam Hospital Recruiting
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903
Contact: Ana Almeida     401-793-8941     aalmeida@lifespan.org    
Principal Investigator: Kyung E Rhee, MD, MSc            
Sponsors and Collaborators
Brown University
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Rhode Island Hospital
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Kyung E Rhee, MD, MSc The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
  More Information

Publications:

Responsible Party: Kyung Rhee, MD, MSc, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01004341     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: K23HD057299, 1K23HD057299-01A2
Study First Received: October 20, 2009
Last Updated: June 14, 2010
Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Brown University:
pediatric obesity
parenting style
feeding style
 behavioral skills
parenting skills
family meals

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Obesity
Weight Loss
Overnutrition
Nutrition Disorders
 Overweight
Body Weight
Signs and Symptoms
Body Weight Changes

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 13, 2013