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Parent Perceptions of Weight Status: Impact of a Pilot Intervention

NCT00867373 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 222

Last updated 2013-04-26

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Summary

This pilot study is a randomized controlled trial with an embedded cross sectional study exploring parental perceptions of their weight status and how it affects their perceptions of their child's weight status. This study uses an educational intervention in which parents are informed of their actual weight status and how it affects their child's health. We will study the effect of this intervention on the parent's perceptions of and level of concern for their own and their child's weight status.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Education Intervention

The intervention is a short educational handout regarding BMI and the effect of parental weight status on children.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Colorado, Denver

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christina Suh, MD · University of Colorado, Denver

  • Nancy F. Krebs, MD · University of Colorado, Denver

  • Allison Kempe, MD, MPH · Univeristy of Colorado Denver

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
13 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-05-31
Primary Completion
2008-04-30
Completion
2008-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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