Measuring the Weight Status, Primary Care Usage and Dietary Intake in the Pediatric Emergency Department

NCT02265185 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 1409-091
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 484
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Childhood obesity is a major area of concern for health care and public health. Overweight children are more likely overweight and obese adults. Chronic health problems associated with adult obesity are now occurring more frequently in children. Because of the associated health problems and potential for long term struggles with obesity, intervention early in life is essential for addressing the obesity epidemic. Some intervention work in this area has focused on the pediatric primary care setting in order to utilize the influence and credibility of medical providers. Unfortunately, primary care visits are often too short to spend a significant amount of time on issues of diet, weight and nutrition. There has been very little work exploring the potential of alternative care settings, such as the pediatric Emergency Department (ED) in addressing childhood obesity. While provider time is also limited in the ED, there is often a considerable amount of downtime during emergency department visits that could be valuable time for patient and parent education. There may also be an opportunity to reach parents and children in the ED who do not regularly utilize primary care. In order to explore the possibility of pediatric obesity interventions in Children's Pediatric Emergency Department, we will need to measure the prevalence of obesity in the population that utilizes the Children's ED. The height of patients seen in the ED is not routinely measured, which makes calculating BMI to determine obesity impossible. This study, establishing the prevalence of obesity in Children's Emergency Department will lay the groundwork for future work addressing obesity in the ED.

Conditions

Obesity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Obesity

  Prevalence in Children's ED will be compared to prevalence in the general pediatric population using previously established national data

  1 year

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Associations between obesity and primary diagnosis

  1 year

Study Arms (1)

ED Patients

Children aged 2-10 visiting the Emergency Department.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 2 Years - 10 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients (aged 2-10) visiting the Children's EDs, who are triaged level 3-5, when a study RA is on duty will be eligible for the study. We have selected the 2-10 year old patient population for this study as the early grade school years are a critical time to intervene before unhealthy lifestyle habits are established, and this age group provides a unique window of opportunity in which to utilize parent and child interaction.

You may qualify if:

• Emergency Severity Index (ESI) Triage levels 3-5
• Patient between 2 and 10 years of age (inclusive)
• Parent able to consent

You may not qualify if:

• \. Transferred patients

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota: lead

Study Sites (1)

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55404, United States

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

• Gretchen Cutler, PhD

  Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 9, 2014
• First Posted: October 15, 2014
• Study Start: October 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2015
• Study Completion: February 1, 2015
• Last Updated: November 20, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-11

Locations

US (1)