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Role of Parenting Skills and Parenting Style in Pediatric Weight Loss Programs

Primary Purpose

Pediatric Obesity

Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
United States
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Family-based behavioral weight control intervention
Sponsored by
University of California, San Diego
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Eligibility
Locations
Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional treatment trial for Pediatric Obesity focused on measuring pediatric obesity, parenting style, feeding style, behavioral skills, parenting skills, family meals

Eligibility Criteria

8 Years - 12 Years (Child)All SexesDoes not accept healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

  • children between and including the ages of 8-12 years old
  • child BMI >= 85th percentile
  • parent willing to attend all treatment meetings
  • parent and child must be able to speak, read, and understand English

Exclusion Criteria:

  • a family member who is participating in another weight loss program
  • the child has any serious medical problem that would limit his/her participation in the study, for example, gastrointestinal diseases, cardiac disease, immune compromised state, chronic steroid use or other medication that impacts weight, developmental delays.
  • child with serious food allergies that would compromise adherence to dietary recommendations
  • any family member has a major psychiatric disease or organic brain syndrome
  • family is going to move outside the metropolitan area within the time frame of the study

Sites / Locations

  • University of California, San Diego

Arms of the Study

Arm 1

Arm Type

Other

Arm Label

Family-based weight control

Arm Description

Group-based family therapy for weight loss in children age 8-12 years.

Outcomes

Primary Outcome Measures

Change in parenting skills and parenting style

Secondary Outcome Measures

Change in child BMI z-score

Full Information

First Posted
October 20, 2009
Last Updated
June 18, 2013
Sponsor
University of California, San Diego
Collaborators
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Brown University
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1. Study Identification

Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT01004341
Brief Title
Role of Parenting Skills and Parenting Style in Pediatric Weight Loss Programs
Official Title
Role of Parenting Skills, Style and Family Functioning in Pediatric Weight Loss
Study Type
Interventional

2. Study Status

Record Verification Date
June 2013
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
June 2009 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
May 2012 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
May 2012 (Actual)

3. Sponsor/Collaborators

Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
University of California, San Diego
Collaborators
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Brown University

4. Oversight

Data Monitoring Committee
No

5. Study Description

Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of different parenting skills and parenting styles in the success of children enrolled in a family-based behavioral weight control program and to compare these skills and styles to those used by families with normal weight children.
Detailed Description
Pediatric overweight has nearly tripled in the past several decades and while family-based behavioral weight control programs are the mainstay of treatment, there is considerable variability in their outcomes. Parents play an important role in the success of their children, particularly by implementing new behavioral skills. However recent evidence has also suggested that parenting style, or the way a parent interacts with their child and provides emotional support and discipline, may be another key element in pediatric weight control. Our goal is to evaluate the role of specific parenting (behavioral) skills and parenting style in the success of children enrolled in a standard family-based behavioral weight control intervention. Our goal is to examine whether specific parenting (behavioral) skills and parenting style change during the intervention and whether or not this change is related to changes in the child's BMI z-score.

6. Conditions and Keywords

Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Pediatric Obesity
Keywords
pediatric obesity, parenting style, feeding style, behavioral skills, parenting skills, family meals

7. Study Design

Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Single Group Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
N/A
Enrollment
44 (Actual)

8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

Arm Title
Family-based weight control
Arm Type
Other
Arm Description
Group-based family therapy for weight loss in children age 8-12 years.
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Family-based behavioral weight control intervention
Intervention Description
Standard behavioral weight control program for children ages 8-12 years old and their parents in a family-based intervention.
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Change in parenting skills and parenting style
Time Frame
0 and 6 months
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Change in child BMI z-score
Time Frame
0 and 6 months

10. Eligibility

Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
8 Years
Maximum Age & Unit of Time
12 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: children between and including the ages of 8-12 years old child BMI >= 85th percentile parent willing to attend all treatment meetings parent and child must be able to speak, read, and understand English Exclusion Criteria: a family member who is participating in another weight loss program the child has any serious medical problem that would limit his/her participation in the study, for example, gastrointestinal diseases, cardiac disease, immune compromised state, chronic steroid use or other medication that impacts weight, developmental delays. child with serious food allergies that would compromise adherence to dietary recommendations any family member has a major psychiatric disease or organic brain syndrome family is going to move outside the metropolitan area within the time frame of the study
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Kyung E Rhee, MD, MSc
Organizational Affiliation
University of California, San Diego
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
University of California, San Diego
City
La Jolla
State/Province
California
ZIP/Postal Code
92093
Country
United States

12. IPD Sharing Statement

Citations:
PubMed Identifier
16740847
Citation
Rhee KE, Lumeng JC, Appugliese DP, Kaciroti N, Bradley RH. Parenting styles and overweight status in first grade. Pediatrics. 2006 Jun;117(6):2047-54. doi: 10.1542/peds.2005-2259.
Results Reference
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PubMed Identifier
26895374
Citation
Rhee KE, Jelalian E, Boutelle K, Dickstein S, Seifer R, Wing R. Warm Parenting Associated with Decreasing or Stable Child BMI during Treatment. Child Obes. 2016 Apr;12(2):94-102. doi: 10.1089/chi.2015.0127. Epub 2016 Feb 19.
Results Reference
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