Technology Based Obesity Prevention Project (TeBOPP)

NCT01981434 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2013-132
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 101
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Technology-Based Obesity Prevention Project (TeBOPP) is a bilingual (English/Spanish) family-based educational intervention that will use a novel videogame format to educate underserved inner city Latino children and adolescent patients and their parents about healthy diet and exercise. To the best of our knowledge this is the first family focused obesity prevention educational intervention using a gaming scenario where both parents and children/teens (8-15 years) participate simultaneously. The goals are to improve parent-child (teen) knowledge regarding healthy food habits and create a change in attitude towards healthy eating and exercise. Hypothesis: We hypothesize that game-based avatars (i.e., a graphical representation of an individual within a virtual space) can create change in knowledge and attitude towards healthy eating and exercise.

Conditions

Obesity in Children

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Improvement in knowledge regarding a healthy diet and nutrition among parents/children using a video game based educational intervention

  Nutrition knowledge measured by change in each subject's scores on pre and post tests developed by the investigator especially for this study.

  18 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Improvement in parent/child communication and intent to adopt a healthier lifestyle using a video game based educational intervention

  18 months

Other Outcomes (1)

• Game usage time up to completion.

  18 months

Study Arms (2)

Video game based obesity education

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

This is the intervention group. They will be given the opportunity to play an interactive educational video game for teaching health and nutrition.

Other: Video game based obesity education

No intervention

NO INTERVENTION

This is the control group that will receive only printed information about health and nutrition and will not be given the opportunity to play the educational video game.

Interventions

Video game based obesity education OTHER

The intervention will be in the form of a videogame in which both parent and their children will participate. The game incorporates lessons from research on avatars (e.g., the Proteus Effect), and game dynamics to explore ways to increase healthy eating and exercise.

Video game based obesity education

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 15 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Patients of Latino ethnicity, 8 to 15 years of age who register in the pediatric ED and patients who visit the three FLCs and are accompanied by a parent/guardian who is 18 years or older and able to communicate in English or Spanish
• A patient must receive an Emergency Severity Index (ESI) Version 3 score of 4/5 indicating non-urgent status for recruitment in the pediatric ED.

You may not qualify if:

• Medically unstable patients (in the pediatric ED), patients with ESI score of 1-3 (life threatening medical/surgical condition).
• Incarcerated patients or patients from juvenile detention facilities.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Valleywise Health: lead
• Arizona State University: collaborator
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Maricopa Integrated Health System

Phoenix, Arizona, 85008, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pediatric Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Dean Coonrod, MD

  District Medical Group

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 5, 2013
• First Posted: November 11, 2013
• Study Start: August 27, 2013
• Primary Completion: July 26, 2016
• Study Completion: July 26, 2016
• Last Updated: March 29, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)