Study of Parenting Intervention to Prevent Child Obesity

NCT00998348 | Completed DMC

• 2 other identifiers: 08-03541R01HL091093-01A1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 324
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This purpose of this project is to determine whether this 8-month parenting for healthy weight intervention is able to help parents improve their parenting skills and make positive changes in the nutrition and physical activity environment at home.

Conditions

Obesity

Keywords

parenting; diet; physical activity; family; home; child

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Child percent body fat after the 8-month intervention period, controlling for baseline percent body fat. Percent body fat will be calculated using Dezenberg's equation which takes into account child height, weight, gender, race, and tricep skinfolds.

  baseline, 8 months and 14 months

Secondary Outcomes (20)

• Child BMI and Child BMI z-score based on measured child height, weight, and parent-reported date of birth

  baseline, 8 months and 14 months

• Parent BMI based on measured height and weight

  baseline, 8 months and 14 months

• Parent and child dietary intake measured with 3 unannounced dietary recalls collected via telephone interview (will not include foods eaten by child while outside of parent's care)

  baseline, 8 months and 14 months

• Parent and child physical activities assessed via 7-days of accelerometer monitoring (using the AciGraph GT3X monitor programed with 60-s epochs for adults and 15-s epochs for children)

  baseline, 8 months and 14 months

• Parenting-related stress assessed with the Parental Stress Index - Short Form (Abidin, 1995)

  baseline, 8 months and 14 months

Study Arms (2)

Comparison Group

NO INTERVENTION

The comparison group will receive children's picture books (1 per month for the duration of the 8-month program).

Parenting Program

EXPERIMENTAL

The parenting program is an 8-month obesity prevention intervention for parents with preschool-age children.

Behavioral: Parenting Program

Interventions

Parenting Program BEHAVIORAL

The parenting program is an 8-month intervention for parents with preschool-age children designed to teach strategies and skills that help parents better manage their day to day stresses of parenting while also promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors. Topics will include stress management, child management, family routines, emotion regulation, and coparenting. In later sessions parents will be encouraged to draw on these general parenting skills to promote healthier nutrition and physical practices at home. The intervention will be delivered through in-person group sessions (n=12) and tailored one-on-one telephone calls (n=11). A complementary child program will be delivered to children while parents are attending the group sessions.

Also known as: Parenting SOS

Parenting Program

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Families must have at least one child age 2-5 years. The scientific rationale for focusing on this young population is that this age range includes the period often referred to as the "adiposity rebound," which has been identified as one of the critical periods for obesity development. Additionally, children of this age are still subject to strong parent and family influences which may be amenable to intervention.
• At least one parent or caregiver in the household must be overweight (BMI ≥25); however, this does not have to be the participating parent. The scientific rationale for focusing on families with at least one overweight parent is that having an overweight parent increases the child's risk of becoming overweight.
• Parents must be willing to participate in measures and intervention activities, and give consent for child's and his/her own participation.

You may not qualify if:

• Parents who are unable to speak English or comprehend standard age-level materials will be excluded. Currently funds are not available to translate and provide the program in Spanish or other languages.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: lead
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-7426, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Ward DS, Vaughn AE, Bangdiwala KI, Campbell M, Jones DJ, Panter AT, Stevens J. Integrating a family-focused approach into child obesity prevention: rationale and design for the My Parenting SOS study randomized control trial. BMC Public Health. 2011 Jun 5;11:431. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-431.

  PMID: 21639940 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Dianne S Ward, EdD

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Faculty

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 16, 2009
• First Posted: October 20, 2009
• Study Start: July 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2011
• Study Completion: June 1, 2012
• Last Updated: June 17, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-06

Locations

US (1)