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A Mobile Phone Based Pilot Intervention to Prevent Obesity in Latino Preschool Children

NCT04261985 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 59

Last updated 2024-10-16

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Summary

To pilot a stand-alone mobile phone intervention with Latino caregivers of 2- to 5-year olds, using a prospective control group design, to assess feasibility and preliminary effect sizes on children's BMI changes (primary outcome) and dietary and physical activity changes (secondary outcomes) at 6 months post-baseline, in preparation for a larger randomized trial to evaluate the intervention's efficacy.

Conditions

  • Childhood Obesity
  • Parenting
  • Mobile Phone Use

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

healthy weight behaviors supported by web-based mobile phone application

Chorus is a mobile phone platform that provides texting, a web application, and an online community for mHealth interventions.Content is created using existing templates to insert text, images, pictures, audio, video clips, or any combination of these. Users interface with Chorus by clicking a hyperlink embedded in a text message sent to their phone to then access web-based interactions via prompts and clicks. Content was created in English and Spanish.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-06-08
Primary Completion
2021-07-01
Completion
2021-07-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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