Text Messaging Pediatric Obese Patients

NCT03995394 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 211950
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study hopes to investigate the relationship between positive reinforcement for exercise activities in pediatric obese participants and quality of life. The investigators hypothesize that providing positive reinforcement through text messaging to children living with obesity will improve their overall quality of life. The investigators will recruit pediatric obese participants and administer a pre and post survey regarding quality of life. The family will be given recommendations on various ways to increase physical activity weekly. These participants will then receive positive reinforcement for completed exercises through text messages.

Conditions

Pediatric Obesity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Mean Change from Baseline in Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 (PedsQL) Survey (child self-report 13-18) at 6 Months

  This is a measurement of the participant's reported health-related quality of life while living with pediatric obesity. It is a multidimensional, 23-item survey measuring core elements of health, physical, emotional, social, and school functioning. The survey is a 5-point Likert scale from 0 (Never) to 4 (Almost always) and the scores are transformed on a scale from 0-100 as follows: 0=100, 1=75, 2=50, 3=25, 4=0. The mean score is the sum of the items over the number of items answered. The total score is the sum of all the items over the number of items answered on all the scales. Higher scores will indicate better health related quality of life. Lower scores will indicate worse health related quality of life.

  6-month

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Mean Change from Baseline in Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 (PedsQL) Survey (parent proxy report 13-18) at 6 Months

  6-month

• Mean Change from Baseline in Body Mass Index (BMI)

  6-month

Study Arms (2)

Positive Reinforcement Group

EXPERIMENTAL

In the intervention group, participants will receive two text messages weekly. The first text message will ask if participants completed the recommended activity. If the participants respond yes, the participant will receive a positive reinforcement response. If the participants respond no, the participant will receive a text message stating, "Thank you for your response."

Other: Positive Reinforcement Text Message

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

For the control group, participants will receive two text messages weekly. The first text message will ask if the participants completed the recommended activity. When the participant responds, the participant will receive a second text message stating, "Thanks for your response."

Interventions

Positive Reinforcement Text Message OTHER

A text message comprising the words, "Great job! We're so proud of you! Keep up the good work!"

Positive Reinforcement Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Body Mass Index (BMI) \>95th percentile
• Has a cell phone

You may not qualify if:

• Developmental delay and inability to read
• Does not have a cell phone

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Marsha Ma: lead

Study Sites (1)

Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood, Illinois, 60153, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Schwimmer JB, Burwinkle TM, Varni JW. Health-related quality of life of severely obese children and adolescents. JAMA. 2003 Apr 9;289(14):1813-9. doi: 10.1001/jama.289.14.1813.

  PMID: 12684360 BACKGROUND

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

• Marsha Ma, M.D.

  Loyola University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 20, 2019
• First Posted: June 24, 2019
• Study Start: June 18, 2019
• Primary Completion: June 10, 2022
• Study Completion: March 10, 2025
• Last Updated: March 17, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)