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Promoting Overweight Adolescents Physical Activity

NCT02295761 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 46

Last updated 2015-12-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Objectives: Aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Facebook-delivered lifestyle counseling intervention on overweight and obese adolescent's physical activity, BMI and adherence to healthy lifestyles.

Design: A 12-week, randomized controlled trial with three, 24 and 36 month follow-up.

Settings: One of the Northern Finland healthcare districts school health care units.

Participants: all overweight or obese 13-16 years old adolescent and their parents were invited to study.

Methods: Adolescents were stratified by gender, age, and self-reported physical activity and they were randomized into three groups. Two experimental groups, where those both got Facebook-delivered lifestyle counseling and one of the experimental groups got activity monitor which showed the daily activity. One group served as a control group. Parents were allocated to intervention groups according which group their adolescent were randomized.

Outcomes: physical activity,body mass index (BMI) adherence to healthy lifestyles. Baseline measurements have been done and assessment to adherence to healthy lifestyles have been measured. Follow-up measures have been conducted three months after baseline. Adherence to healthy lifestyles measurement follow-up is at 24 and 36 months after intervention.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle counseling (Fb)

Facebook-delivered lifestyle counseling

BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle counseling + activity monitor (Fb+Act)

Facebook-delivered lifestyle counseling and self-monitoring physical activity using Polar activity monitor

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Heidi Ruotsalainen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Heidi M Ruotsalainen, MHS · University of Oulu, institute of Health sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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Diseases

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