Family Based Intervention in Childhood obesitY

Sykehuset i Vestfold HF

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Parent Management Training - Oregon (PMTO); Behavioral: Dynamic group therapy; Behavioral: Motivational interviewing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01110096

FamilY

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study compares the effect on BMI of two different treatment options for obesity in childhood. Families with at least one obese child and parent are invited to join the project. The hypothesis is that family camp gives an additional reduction in BMI compared to a less intensive family lifestyle school.

Full description

Participants are randomised to two intervention groups:

A): Two weeks family camp and two years follow-up as a cooperation with primary health care, private rehabilitation center and specialist health care.

B): Four days lifestyle school with two years follow-up as a cooperation with primary health care and specialist health care

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 11 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age 7 to 12 years
• BMI > iso-BMI 30 (Coles index)

Exclusion criteria

• syndromatic obesity
• obesity related to diseases
• local community not involved
• child has present follow-up because of obesity in secondary health care
• parent has present/planned follow-up because of obesity in secondary health care

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A - family camp

Experimental group

Description:

Obese families participate in a two week camp with two years follow-up.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Parent Management Training - Oregon (PMTO)

Behavioral: Motivational interviewing

Behavioral: Dynamic group therapy

Group B - family lifestyle school

Other group

Description:

Families participate in a four day practical course about lifestyle.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Motivational interviewing