Media Use in Preschooler Study (MUPS)

NCT00959309 | Completed Phase 4

• 1 other identifier: 1000009542
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 160
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Childhood obesity is an epidemic and increasing. There are very few effective treatments for obesity in children. Recent studies have shown an association between obesity and sedentary behaviors such as television, video viewing and playing video games ('screen time') in preschool aged children. A school based intervention to reduce screen time in older children has been effective in preventing obesity. The reduction of screen time may lead to the prevention of obesity and its complications in preschool children.

Conditions

Obesity

Keywords

pediatrics; media; MUPS

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Parent reported number of hours screen time on the previous weekday and previous weekend day

  6 and 12 months

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Number of meals in front of the TV

  6 and 12 months

• Activity levels

  6 and 12 months

• Anthropometric measures

  12 months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Strategies to decrease screen time in children

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Behavioral: Non-Strategical Media Education

Interventions

Strategies to decrease screen time in children BEHAVIORAL

15 minute session about the health impact of screen time in children and strategies to decrease screen time (removing televisions from the child's bedroom, budgeting screen time, providing a contingency plan for time spent not watching TV, encouraging family meal time, and implementing a one week television turn off, where children are encouraged to spend one week without watching TV/videos). Activities for the child include reading a story about television viewing (The Berenstain Bears and Too Much TV), and creating a list of non TV related activities to replace TV time. The intervention group will receive a CPS handout titled 'Promoting Good Television Habits' and a calendar with stickers for the television turn off. Educational session on good media use (information on television rating systems, internet safety, and limiting exposure to violent programming, and the CPS handout entitled 'Managing Media in the Home')

Intervention

Non-Strategical Media Education BEHAVIORAL

Educational session on good media use (information on television rating systems, internet safety, and limiting exposure to violent programming, and the CPS handout entitled 'Managing Media in the Home')

Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 3 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• registered to attend a 3 year old well child visit

You may not qualify if:

• children with limitations in ambulation or cognitive delay will be excluded from the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Hospital for Sick Children: lead

Study Sites (1)

The Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Catherine Birken, MD

  The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Canada

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 4
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Staff Paediatrician

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 12, 2009
• First Posted: August 14, 2009
• Study Start: October 1, 2007
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2009
• Study Completion: December 1, 2009
• Last Updated: November 13, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-11

Locations

CA (1)