Electronic Health Technology for Assessment of Physical Activity and Eating Habits in Children and Adolescents Who Are Overweight and Those With Obesity

MEDIGREIF Inselklinik Heringsdorf

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Overweight; Obesity

Treatments: Device: motion detection with a motion sensor

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NETWORK; Other

Identifiers

NCT01138293

MEDIGREIF 001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Aims: During the last decades overweight/obesity has increased markedly. They are associated with a high risk for diabetes and death. Effective intervention is mandatory. Following participation in treatment programmes children/adolescents often fail to reach sufficient long-term weight reduction. The present trial aims to integrate telemedical support in therapy to improve long term outcome.

Methods: All children/adolescents with overweight/obesity were included (n=66,age 13.9±2.6 years, body mass index [BMI] 31.2±5.4kg/m², body mass index standard deviation score [BMI-SDS] 2.41±0.6) admitted to our hospital 04-03/2009. To asses physical activity and eating habits electronic health technology was used (Fraunhofer-Institute). The system consists in a motion sensor integrated in a mobile phone(DiaTrace). The system analyses kind, intensity and duration of physical activity and eating habits.

Enrollment: 73 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All children/adolescents with overweight/obesity were included admitted to our hospital

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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73 participants in 1 patient group

motion sensor integrated in a mobile phone

Experimental group

Description:

A motion sensor integrated in a mobile phone. The system analyses kind, intensity and duration of physical activity and eating habits.

Treatment:

Device: motion detection with a motion sensor