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Evaluation of a Commercial Gaming Impact in a Childhood Obesity Intervention

NCT01757925 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 77

Last updated 2012-12-31

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Summary

Recently, researchers have been interested in the use of game play, mechanics and psychology for health-related engagement and behavior change. While initial studies have shown some increases in health knowledge and/or behavior through gaming, there remains concern that the vehicle for change is associated with a perceived sedentary behavior (6).

More recently, commercially available gaming devices are able to directly promote physical activity through a new set of "kinetic controllers" added to the gaming experience. UHG plans to evaluate the most recent of these kinetic controller technologies in the context of a second iteration of JOIN (described above) to be implemented among a pilot group of overweight and/or obese children whose BMI percentile is above the 85th.

This study will evaluate the effect of a commercial controller-free Exercise Gaming and Entertainment Experience (EGEE) on physical activity levels in the context of a weight management program in approximately 70 children ages 6 to12. The study will compare the differences in physical activity levels over 16 weeks in two groups of children.

Conditions

  • Childhood Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

weight managment program

a comprehensive peditric weight management program consisting of 16 weekly group sessions

OTHER

Active Gaming

partcipants will be given a gaming device and 2 games (1 at baseline and 1 at week 8)

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-31
Primary Completion
2012-09-30
Completion
2012-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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