Childhood Obesity Treatment - Telephone Coaching vc Usual Care

Sodertalje Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Childhood Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Usual care, individual visits; Behavioral: Telephone coaching

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02794090

So100

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 37 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 14 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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37 participants in 2 patient groups

Usual care, individual visits

Active Comparator group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual care, individual visits

Telephone coaching

Active Comparator group

Description:

Intervention: Telephone consultation each months except for summer holidays during 18 months. The treating nurse communicated with one of the parents.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Telephone coaching