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Cost-effectiveness of Family Based Pediatric Obesity Treatment

NCT00717132 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2022-05-16

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Summary

To determine the cost effectiveness of treating the child alone and parent alone to traditional family-based method of obesity treatment. It is hypothesized that a family-based approach will be more cost effective, and will support the savings and effectiveness of treating multiple family members together.

Conditions

  • Weight Change
  • Quality of Life

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Individual Behavior Modification

Individual behavioral treatment for obesity. Children and parents meeting individually for 15 total behavioral modification intervention sessions.

BEHAVIORAL

Family-based behavior modification

Family-base behavior treatment for obesity. Children and parents meeting together for 15 total behavioral modification intervention sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Healthnow

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • State University of New York at Buffalo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Leonard H Epstein, PhD · SUNY @ Buffalo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-10-31
Primary Completion
2009-11-30
Completion
2009-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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