The Impact of Incorporating an Exergame Activity Application in a Treatment Regimen for Overweight Children

Bait Balev Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lipid Disorder; Body Image; Body Mass Index; Blood; Sugar, High

Treatments: Behavioral: Control; Other: Application activity; Behavioral: Exergame activity_EXG

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03027570

0067-16-BBL

Details and patient eligibility

About

80 children aged 5-13, BMI≥85%, will be recruited to a program for the treatment of overweight children.The intervention group will use the app "Just Dance Now" and The control group will be exposed to the usual program without the app. Measurements will be performed at the beginning of the program, the end and 3 months after completion of the intervention.

Full description

80 children aged 5-13, BMI≥85%, will be recruited to the five-month program, at two centers for the treatment of overweight children. The intervention group will use the app "Just Dance Now" and part of a weekly exercise session will be dedicated to a group app activity. The control group will be exposed to the usual program without the app.

Measurements of BMI, blood sugar and lipid profiles, as well as physical examination, and questionnaires regarding attitude and response to physical activity will be performed at the beginning of the program, the end and 3 months after completion of the intervention. Participation in the sessions will be documented and home activity recorded using a weekly log. ANOVA two-way repeated measures will be used to assess improvements in outcome measures.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 13 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children aged 5-13 from the center for the treatment of overweight children in the MACABI health organization
• BMI≥85%.

Exclusion criteria

• Children with physical disabilities, that don't allow participation in physical activity during the study.
• Children who don't own a mobile phone or don't have an access to a computer to activate the app for one hour a day.
• BMI<85%

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

Experimental group

Description:

Five-month program at two centers for the treatment of overweight children.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control

Exergame activity_EXG

Experimental group

Description:

Adding an exergame activity application to the regimen at a center for the treatment of overweight children.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exergame activity_EXG

Other: Application activity