Exergaming for Health: Impact of a Community-Based Active Video Gaming Curriculum in Pediatric Weight Management

NCT02436330 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: 209418
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 84
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Evaluation of the effectiveness of Exergaming for Health, a community-based multifaceted weight management program in a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Primary objective: to assess impact of the program on BMI z-scores. Secondary objectives: to measure impact on cardiovascular fitness, self-worth, sedentary screen time, and the influence of exergaming component on attendance and participation.

Conditions

Pediatric Obesity

Keywords

Exergaming, Weight management

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• BMI Z-score Change

  All subjects were asked to dress in light athletic clothing and have their weight and height measured at baseline (the first group session) and at 6 months. Research assistants were trained using guidelines from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Anthropometry Procedures Manual and demonstrated accurate measures on 3 separate children. The Seca 217 portable stadiometer was used for all height measurements and the HealthOMeter 844 KL scale was used for all weight measurements. BMI z-scores were calculated using software available from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute (http://stokes.chop.edu/web/zcore).

  Change from baseline at 6 months

• BMI Z-score Change

  Measure was only taken on the subjects who participated in the Intervention group (exergaming combined with didactic teaching).

  Change from baseline BMI z-score at 1 year

Secondary Outcomes (20)

• Waist Circumference Change

  Change from baseline at 6 months

• Systolic Blood Pressure Change

  Change from baseline Systolic BP at 6 months

• Heart Rate Change From Baseline to 6 Months

  Change from baseline at 6 months

• Shuttle Run Change in Number of Shuttle Runs

  Change in number from baseline shuttle run at 6 months

• After School Screen Time as Reported on Questionnaire

  Change from baseline at 6 months

Study Arms (2)

Exergaming and Didactic health teaching

EXPERIMENTAL

Participation of child and parent/guardian in 6 months of weight management programming consisting of exergaming combined with didactic teaching.

Behavioral: Exergaming; Behavioral: Didactic health teaching

Didactic health teaching

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participation of child and parent/guardian in 6 months of weight management programming consisting only of didactic teaching.

Behavioral: Didactic health teaching

Interventions

Exergaming BEHAVIORAL

6 months of weight management programming consisting of 10 weekly sessions:1 hour of session was spent "exergaming", which included active video game play and traditional group exercises. Some examples include: Dance, Dance, Revolution, Exerbike, Treadwall, Yoga, Spin class, etc.

Exergaming and Didactic health teaching

Didactic health teaching BEHAVIORAL

6 months of weight management programming consisting of 10 weekly 1-hour sessions of didactic classes teaching behavioral and dietary curricula. Followed by monthly 1 hour didactic health teaching sessions for the remainder of the 6 month period.

Didactic health teaching; Exergaming and Didactic health teaching

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Child with BMI greater than or equal to 85th percentile.
• English speaking
• Approval by Primary Care Doctor

You may not qualify if:

• Participants with medical, developmental or psychiatric diagnoses which preclude participation in both the physical activity and classroom portions of the curriculum.
• Participants who are taking medications that positively or negatively affect weight.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Illinois at Chicago: lead

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pediatric Obesity

Interventions

Exergaming

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Exercise; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Limitations and Caveats

Limitations: incomplete data collection (baseline \& follow-up), those lost to follow-up may have been unwilling to continue because of weight gain, low enrollment numbers, and control subjects were offered intervention activities after 6 months.

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Amy L. Christison
• Organization: University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria

alc@uic.edu

309-624-9188

Study Officials

• Amy L. Christison, MD

  University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 20, 2015
• First Posted: May 6, 2015
• Study Start: March 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2013
• Study Completion: September 1, 2013
• Last Updated: December 14, 2015
• Results First Posted: December 14, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-11