Managing Patient Expectations in Pediatric Weight Management

Boston Children's Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Patient Expectations

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01753063

P00006045

Details and patient eligibility

About

As part of Children's Hospital Association's Focus on a Fitter Future III Obesity Task Force, this project will target patient and family expectations across the domains of nutrition, physical activity and behavior change/family support as a means of patient engagement and retention in pediatric weight management. This will be a prospective, non-randomized, uncontrolled, single-arm trial for children between 2 and 18 years of age and a parent/guardian, who are starting a pediatric weight management program/clinic in one of the participating centers. The parent/guardian and child if 12 years of age or older receive a survey at the first visit, which asks about their expectations and goals for the visit. This information will then be used as part of clinical care to tailor treatment. After 3 months, the parent/guardian and adolescent, if applicable, will receive a follow up survey asking about their progress in these areas.

Enrollment: 405 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subject conversant in English or Spanish
• Parent/guardian conversant in English or Spanish
• Patient aged 2-18 years

Exclusion Criteria (For Adolescent):

• Parent-reported cognitive issues preventing completion of the form, such as in-school aide>50% of the school day; special education classes >50% of school day

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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405 participants in 1 patient group

Patient Expectations

Experimental group

Description:

At the family's initial visit to the pediatric weight management program/clinic each parent/guardian and adolescent (if age 12 yrs. or older) will complete the survey tool. At 3 months, families will be asked to complete a follow up survey. This will be fielded at a visit for those returning to clinic or by phone/mail for those not returning.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Patient Expectations

Behavioral: Patient Expectations