Storytelling To Prevent Obesity and Encourage Responsive Feeding Practices in Young Children (STORY)

Wake Forest University (WFU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity, Childhood

Treatments: Behavioral: Video Series; Behavioral: Group Discussion Sessions; Behavioral: Educational Handout

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05994924

IRB00078071

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this qualitative trial study is to assess the usefulness and acceptability of the intervention in diverse clinical and community settings. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• How many parents were approached and consented to participate?
• How many parents viewed the videos via link versus viewed the video with a discussion in group sessions?
• How did parents feel about the process of being recruited and interventions that they participated in?
• How did the providers feel about the intervention recruitment and delivery?
• How did the facilitators feel about their delivery of the material? Participants will complete a survey and an interview after completing second part of the intervention.

Researchers will compare handout, online-only video, and group class interventions to see if an intervention delivery is useful and accepted by parents or providers.

Full description

This is a pilot randomized trial to assess feasibility and acceptability of STORY. The study will recruit 30 parents. Parents will complete a questionnaire and dyad's heights and weights will be measured. Families will be randomized to the control group or 1 of 2 intervention delivery approaches (IA). Parents will be given a handout (controls), links to the videos to watch independently (IA 1), or information on how they will be contacted to schedule their intervention sessions (IAs 2). After 2 video/sessions, all parents will complete a written survey assessing their experience with the intervention and any change same at home; the written survey will reassess baseline measures. Intervention parents will also complete a semi-structured interview to assess the family's experience with the STORY trial.

Sub aim 2a: Feasibility: number of parents approached, number of parents consented Sub aim 2b: Adherence: number of parents who complete videos or sessions Sub aim 2c: Acceptability to parents and providers

Enrollment: 61 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parent of 2-4 year old child
• Is at least 18 years old
• Participant can read and write English
• The participant's child has no medical conditions that affect development, feeding, or growth

Exclusion criteria

• Participant is not a parent of a 2-4 year old child
• Parent is less than 18 years old
• Parent can not read and write English
• Participant's child has a medical condition that affects development, feeding, or growth
• Family/household member participating in study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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61 participants in 3 patient groups

Handout Only

Active Comparator group

Description:

Parents in this group receive an educational handout at the baseline visit.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Educational Handout

Online-Only Video Series

Active Comparator group

Description:

Parents will be given (QR) quick-response codes to watch the videos on their own time with no discussion afterward.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Video Series

Group Sessions

Active Comparator group

Description:

Parents will participate in 2 weekly group sessions with video viewing and group discussion.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Group Discussion Sessions

Behavioral: Video Series