Reduction of Excessive Calories From Beverages in Children (MWP)

The Washington University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Unhealthy Diet

Treatments: Behavioral: Physician communication

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02239653

201403027

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objective: to test the hypothesis that an intervention comprised of targeted physician and print messages can influence parents to reduce the amount of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) and fruit juice they give to their children 1 - 12 years of age.

Full description

The study will be conducted through a practice-based research network of community pediatric practices. Participating sites will be randomized to the intervention or control condition (usual care) using a pre-specified randomization scheme derived using computer generated random numbers. The intervention sites will participate in a 30-minute training for using the "Milk. Water. Period" intervention (brochures, posters, key talking points and phone messages) in their office. The goal is for them to discuss beverage consumption and encourage "Milk. Water. Period" for all children 12 months to 12 years old (not yet reached their 13th birthday) at their checkup visit. The primary care provider (PCP) will use the talking points to facilitate the discussion about drink milk and water only and will give a brochure to each family. Assessments will be by telephone interview of the parent 2 to 4 weeks after a check-up visit for the index child.

Enrollment: 443 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parent of child age 12 months to 12 years attending for a check-up visit during the study period

Exclusion criteria

• Cannot speak English
• No phone access
• Already completed the survey for another child.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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443 participants in 2 patient groups

Physician communication

Experimental group

Description:

The "Milk. Water. Period" intervention comprises brochures, posters, and key talking points for use by primary pediatricians to use in discussion with the parent about the child's beverages consumption.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Physician communication

Usual care

No Intervention group