Promoting Overweight Adolescents Physical Activity
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interventional
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Brief Summary
Objectives: Aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook-delivered lifestyle counseling intervention on overweight and obese adolescent's physical activity, BMI and adherence to healthy lifestyles. Design: A 12-week, randomized controlled trial with three, 24 and 36 month follow-up. Settings: One of the Northern Finland healthcare districts school health care units. Participants: all overweight or obese 13-16 years old adolescent and their parents were invited to study. Methods: Adolescents were stratified by gender, age, and self-reported physical activity and they were randomized into three groups. Two experimental groups, where those both got Facebook-delivered lifestyle counseling and one of the experimental groups got activity monitor which showed the daily activity. One group served as a control group. Parents were allocated to intervention groups according which group their adolescent were randomized. Outcomes: physical activity,body mass index (BMI) adherence to healthy lifestyles. Baseline measurements have been done and assessment to adherence to healthy lifestyles have been measured. Follow-up measures have been conducted three months after baseline. Adherence to healthy lifestyles measurement follow-up is at 24 and 36 months after intervention.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable obesity
Started Jan 2012
Longer than P75 for not_applicable obesity
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2012
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2012
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 18, 2014
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 20, 2014
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2015
CompletedDecember 2, 2015
November 1, 2015
5 months
February 18, 2014
November 30, 2015
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Change from baseline physical activity at 12 weeks
Adolescent primary outcome is measuder using continuous scale and measurement unit is one minute. It is a wrist worn uni-axial accelerometer designed to determine physical activity of children and adolescents. Polar activity monitor records activity in every 30 seconds bouts and the device records steps when user takes \>70 steps per minute. Activity measurements were done for 21 days at baseline and three months follow-up measurements. A wear-time shows valid days in this study, and one valid day required at least 500 minutes / day and users had to have at least eight valid days from weekdays and also one from weekend.
12 weeks
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Change from baseline adherence to healthy lifestyle at 12 weeks, 24 and 36 months
12 weeks, 24 and 36 months
Change from baselin BMI at 12 weeks
12 weeks
Study Arms (2)
Lifestyle counseling
ACTIVE COMPARATOR12-weeks
Lifestyle counseling + activity watch
ACTIVE COMPARATOR12-weeks
Interventions
Facebook-delivered lifestyle counseling and self-monitoring physical activity using Polar activity monitor
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- years old,
- overweight or obese (weight for height \>20% over normality)
You may not qualify if:
- mental health problems, long term illnesses.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University of Oulu, institute of health sciences
Oulu, Finland
Related Publications (1)
Ruotsalainen H, Kyngas H, Tammelin T, Heikkinen H, Kaariainen M. Effectiveness of Facebook-Delivered Lifestyle Counselling and Physical Activity Self-Monitoring on Physical Activity and Body Mass Index in Overweight and Obese Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Nurs Res Pract. 2015;2015:159205. doi: 10.1155/2015/159205. Epub 2015 Dec 1.
PMID: 26697218DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Heidi M Ruotsalainen, MHS
University of Oulu, institute of Health sciences
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- FACTORIAL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- researcher
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 18, 2014
First Posted
November 20, 2014
Study Start
January 1, 2012
Primary Completion
June 1, 2012
Study Completion
December 1, 2015
Last Updated
December 2, 2015
Record last verified: 2015-11