Kid STRIDE: Exploring Participation in a Family-based Intervention

University of Wisconsin (UW)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00682422

M-2007-1471

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this qualitative study is to explore parental and child perceptions of participating in a family-based behavioral intervention targeting healthy behaviors.

Full description

Children ages 9-14 have been participating in the Kid STRIDE study which is a family-based behavioral intervention for obese children. Participants will be divided into 3 groups according to their change in weight: 1) children who lost greater than 5% of body weight; 2) children who lost less than 5% of body weight or gained less than 1% of body weight; 3) children who gained greater than 1% of body weight. We will invite five families from each of groups 1 and 3 to participate in an open-ended interview.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 16 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Completed the 15-week primary intervention phase of Kid STRIDE

Trial design

10 participants in 1 patient group

Parent & Child Dyad