Physical Activity Referrals to the Community (PARC)

University of California (UC), Berkeley

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overweight; Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Physical activity referral

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02044744

2013-08-5557

035156 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of primary care referrals to community physical activity programs for overweight and obese youth aged 6-18 years on objectively measured physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness, as well as other cardiovascular health indicators. We hypothesize that physical activity referrals will result in higher levels of physical activity and fitness.

Enrollment: 76 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 6-18 years
• Body mass index greater than or equal to the 85th percentile for age and sex or greater than or equal to 25 for youth aged 18
• Fluent in English
• Parent of participant must be fluent in either English or Spanish

Exclusion criteria

• Medical conditions that preclude participation in physical activity

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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76 participants in 2 patient groups

Referral

Experimental group

Description:

Physical activity referral

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physical activity referral

Wait-list control

No Intervention group

Description:

Wait-list controls receive no intervention until after they provide follow-up measurements.