Talking About Weight With Families: An Innovative Educational Strategy

NCT03664492 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 1000055748
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 128
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Tools are limited to help health care professionals and parents talk about weight-related issues with their paediatric patients and children, respectively. The investigators have developed two whiteboard videos: 1) to aim to help health care professionals talk about weight-related issues with paediatric patients and their families, and 2) to aim to help parents feel more comfortable talking about weight with their children. This study aims to evaluate the videos using pre and post questionnaires. With the questionnaires, the investigators want to evaluate the content, the quality, the usability of the video and to measure how helpful the video were for health care professionals and parents.

Conditions

Childhood Obesity

Keywords

Communication about weight; education; parents; health care professionals

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• Post Questionnaire - Parents (4-6 mo) - Confidence in ability to raise the issue about weight

  Change in confidence level in their ability to raise the issue/talk about weight with their children using a scale from 0-100.

  4 - 6 months post education video

• Post Questionnaire - Parents (4-6 mo) - Level of agreement in statements related to behvaiour change

  Level of agreement in statements related to behaviour change post education using in a 5 point likert scale

  4 - 6 months post education video

• Health Care Professional Post Questionnaire - Confidence in initiating conversation about overweight

  Change in confidence level for initiating a conversation with a family or pediatric patient that meets criteria for overweight or obesity using a scale from 0-100.

  immediately post education video

• Health Care Professional Post Questionnaire - Confidence in initiating conversation about underweight

  Change in confidence level for initiating a conversation with a family or pediatric patient that meets criteria for underweight using a scale from 0-100.

  immediately post education video

• Health Care Professional Questionnaire (4-6 Months Post) Confidence in initiating conversation about overweight

  Change in confidence level for initiating a conversation with a family or pediatric patient that meets criteria for underweight using a scale from 0-100.

  4 - 6 months post education video

• Health Care Professional Questionnaire (4-6 Months Post) Confidence in initiating conversation about underweight

  Change in confidence level for initiating a conversation with a family or pediatric patient that meets criteria for overweight or obesity using a scale from 0-100.

  4 - 6 months post education video

Study Arms (1)

Educational Whiteboard video

OTHER

All the interested participants contacting us will be provided an info email and an internet link via email to access the study through REDCap. Participants will be prompted to complete pre-questionnaire, followed by access to the video, with a prompt to complete the post questionnaire after. If they agree, they will receive 4 to 6 months later, a third questionnaire to complete. For those without access to the internet, we will offer to them view the video at the SickKids at their convenience.

Other: Educational whiteboard video

Interventions

Educational whiteboard video OTHER

Participants will be prompted to complete pre-questionnaire, followed by access to the video, with a prompt to complete the post questionnaire after. If they agree, they will receive 4 to 6 months later, a third questionnaire to complete. For those without access to the internet, we will offer to them view the video at the SickKids at their convenience.

Educational Whiteboard video

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Health care professionals and trainees
• Parents with a child under 18 years old

You may not qualify if:

• Inability to speak and read English fluently
• Moderate to severe cognitive impairment

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Hospital for Sick Children: lead

Study Sites (1)

The Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, Ontario, M5G1X8, Canada

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Klupt KA, Oreskovich SM, Bernard-Genest J, Patel BP, Chu L, Dettmer E, Walsh CM, Strom M, McPherson AC, Strub J, Steinberg A, Steinegger C, Hamilton JK. Careful conversations: an educational video to support parents in communicating about weight with their children. BMC Pediatr. 2020 Aug 24;20(1):397. doi: 10.1186/s12887-020-02284-6.

  PMID: 32838762 RESULT

• Bernard-Genest J, Chu L, Dettmer E, Walsh CM, McPherson AC, Strub J, Steinberg A, Steinegger C, Hamilton JK. Talking About Weight With Families-Helping Health Care Professionals Start the Conversation: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2020 Sep;59(9-10):910-917. doi: 10.1177/0009922820922844. Epub 2020 May 30.

  PMID: 32475155 DERIVED

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

• Jill K Hamilton, MD

  The Hospital for Sick Children

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Staff endocrinologist

Model Details: The recruited group of health care professionals/parents will answer a pre-questionnaire, then watch an educational video, then answer a post-questionnaire. If they agree, these participants will be asked to complete a third questionnaire (retention questionnaire) 4 to 6 months later.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 1, 2018
• First Posted: September 10, 2018
• Study Start: February 10, 2018
• Primary Completion: December 15, 2018
• Study Completion: December 15, 2020
• Last Updated: February 5, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)