Grow2Gether Pilot Study

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Childhood Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Grow2Gether

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02037490

13-010702

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized controlled pilot trial of a peer-based, social media intervention to prevent obesity in infants.

Full description

This novel intervention, delivered to mothers primarily through private Facebook groups, will promote behavior change through peer and self-modeling photo/video activities.

In this study, investigators will implement the intervention with small peer groups of 6-12 mothers, beginning during the 3rd trimester of pregnancy. Investigators will assess feasibility and acceptability of the intervention, and explore its impact on outcomes, particularly behaviors associated with healthy growth.

Enrollment: 172 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Receiving prenatal care from Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) obstetrics practices
• Age 18 years and older
• Able to provide informed consent
• Able to speak, read and write in English
• Enrolled in Medicaid at the time of study enrollment
• Overweight or obese (BMI ≥ 25, calculated using height and weight recorded at a prenatal visit prior to 14 weeks of pregnancy)
• In ≥ 20th week of pregnancy
• Plan to receive their child's primary care services from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Care Network
• Own a smartphone with both a data and text plan
• Able to use their phone to obtain photographs and videos prior to enrollment

Exclusion criteria

• Current diagnosis or history of major mental illness, as indicated in medical record by notation of (1) diagnosis or history of condition (2) current use or history of antidepressants or other psychotropic medication, or (3) referral to, or under care of a psychiatrist.
• Multiple pregnancy (twins, triplets, etc.)
• Severe morbidity (significant cardiac disease, significant organ dysfunction, transplant recipient, etc.)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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172 participants in 2 patient groups

Grow2Gether Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the intervention group will: * Participate in the Grow2Gether intervention * Receive text message reminders, 1) to schedule recommended primary care visits for their infant, and 2) to attend appointments scheduled in CHOP Care Network.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Grow2Gether

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the control group will: * Receive text message reminders, 1) to schedule recommended primary care visits for their infant, and 2) to attend appointments scheduled in CHOP Care Network.