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Interdisciplinary Intervention With Motivational Approach in Adolescents With Overweight and Obesity. (MERC)

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Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Status

Completed

Conditions

Overweight
Obesity

Treatments

Behavioral: Health Education
Behavioral: Lifestyle modification and cardiovascular risk

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a randomized clinical trial with two interventions: control group and intervention interdisciplinary group, without cross-over.

Control Group (CG): In this type of intervention, the focus will be the development of skills through educational activities on health using the pedagogy of transmission.

Interdisciplinary Intervention Group (IG): In this type of intervention, the focus will be the development of skills through educational activities on health that provide the development of autonomy and empowerment for behavior change, based on interdisciplinary motivational strategies. All topics will be focused on the major cardiovascular risk factors considered modifiable.

The staff is trained to the techniques of motivational interviewing and transtheoretical model of change and the health issues related to the modification of lifestyle.

So this interdisciplinary intervention with adolescents seeks to measure the result of an educational proposal using the techniques of motivational interviewing and transtheoretical model of change, for all professionals involved independent training in health issues related approach to lifestyle modification and the inclusion of family in this process.

Full description

This study is a randomized clinical trial with two interventions: control group and intervention interdisciplinary group, without cross-over.

Interventions will take place at the Rehabilitation Hospital São Lucas Center (CR), will have 12 sessions for each of the following ways:

Control Group (CG): In this type of intervention, the focus will be the development of skills through educational activities on health using the pedagogy of transmission. The meetings will be weekly with 45 minutes duration on a schedule of lectures about cardiovascular risk factors and prevention.The sample is 60 adolescents with overweight or obesity.

Interdisciplinary Intervention Group (IG): In this type of intervention, the focus will be the development of skills through educational activities on health that provide the development of autonomy and empowerment for behavior change, based on interdisciplinary motivational strategies. Therefore, group meetings will be performed in the presence of a member of the nursing staff, physiotherapy, nutrition and psychology. The meetings are weekly, lasting 1 hour and 45 minutes. In the first 1 hour and 15 minutes will be addressed health issues related to lifestyle modification (self-care, healthy eating and physical activity) using the fundamentals of motivational interviewing technique. All topics will be focused on the major cardiovascular risk factors considered modifiable.

The staff is trained to the techniques of motivational interviewing and transtheoretical model of change and the health issues related to the modification of lifestyle. During the sessions the team members address the health issue so that the knowledge of a professional complements the other. At the same time occur the integration of knowledge between these professionals from different areas aiming to encourage teens to lifestyle modification based on the techniques of motivational interviewing and transtheoretical model of change. Likewise, it is envisaged to include a time of physical activity (30 minutes) oriented in conjunction with the research team. This activity aims to motivate adolescents to include other physical activity sessions during the week.

So this interdisciplinary intervention with adolescents seeks to measure the result of an educational proposal using the techniques of motivational interviewing and transtheoretical model of change, for all professionals involved independent training in health issues related approach to lifestyle modification and the inclusion of family in this process.

Run in: There will be a meeting with the parents of the IG and CG (separately) in order to inform them about the participation of children in the program and guide them about the procedures of the research protocol.

Enrollment

120 patients

Sex

All

Ages

15 to 18 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adolescents between 15 and 18 years with BMI ≥ 85th percentile.

Exclusion criteria

Provide absolute contraindication for physical activity for musculoskeletal, neurological, vascular problems (intermittent claudication), lung and heart; presence of diagnosis of severe psychiatric disorders and / or presence of significant cognitive impairments;pregnant women; diagnosis of Diabetes mellitus type I.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

120 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Transtheoretical model of change
Experimental group
Description:
In this type of intervention, the focus will be the development of skills through educational activities on health based on interdisciplinary motivational strategies.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Lifestyle modification and cardiovascular risk
Health information
Placebo Comparator group
Description:
In this type of intervention, the focus will be the development of skills through educational activities on health using the pedagogy of transmission.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Health Education

Trial contacts and locations

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