Trial Outcomes & Findings for Promoting Health Through Parent Empowerment and the Activation of Routines (PrO-PEAR) (NCT NCT05020366)

NCT ID: NCT05020366

Last Updated: 2024-07-15

Results Overview

As measured using interventionist documentation

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

40 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

3 months

Results posted on

2024-07-15

Participant Flow

Protocol Enrollment reflects the number of individual children and parents enrolled \[40\], but data are reported in the Results Section per family unit \[20\], except where otherwise noted \[Adverse Events\].

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Pro-PEAR
This group will receive the optimized Pro-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Promoting Health through Parent Empowerment and the Activation of Routines: Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Overall Study
STARTED
15
5
Overall Study
COMPLETED
11
5
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
4
0

Reasons for withdrawal

Reasons for withdrawal
Measure
Pro-PEAR
This group will receive the optimized Pro-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Promoting Health through Parent Empowerment and the Activation of Routines: Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Overall Study
Lost to Follow-up
2
0
Overall Study
Withdrawal by Subject
2
0

Baseline Characteristics

Two parents did not provide age data. Only those with age data were included in this report.

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Pro-PEAR
n=15 Participants
This group will receive the optimized Pro-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
n=5 Participants
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Total
n=20 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous
35.6 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 3.7 • n=13 Participants • Two parents did not provide age data. Only those with age data were included in this report.
34.4 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 6.0 • n=5 Participants • Two parents did not provide age data. Only those with age data were included in this report.
35.2 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 4.3 • n=18 Participants • Two parents did not provide age data. Only those with age data were included in this report.
Sex: Female, Male
Child Participants · Female
6 Participants
n=15 Participants
2 Participants
n=5 Participants
8 Participants
n=20 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Child Participants · Male
9 Participants
n=15 Participants
3 Participants
n=5 Participants
12 Participants
n=20 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Parent Participants · Female
14 Participants
n=15 Participants
5 Participants
n=5 Participants
19 Participants
n=20 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Parent Participants · Male
1 Participants
n=15 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
1 Participants
n=20 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Child Participants · Hispanic or Latino
2 Participants
n=15 Participants
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
3 Participants
n=20 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Child Participants · Not Hispanic or Latino
13 Participants
n=15 Participants
4 Participants
n=5 Participants
17 Participants
n=20 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Child Participants · Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
n=15 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=20 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Parent Participants · Hispanic or Latino
1 Participants
n=15 Participants
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
2 Participants
n=20 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Parent Participants · Not Hispanic or Latino
14 Participants
n=15 Participants
4 Participants
n=5 Participants
18 Participants
n=20 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Parent Participants · Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
n=15 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=20 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Child Participants · American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
n=15 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=20 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Child Participants · Asian
0 Participants
n=15 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=20 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Child Participants · Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
n=15 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=20 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Child Participants · Black or African American
2 Participants
n=15 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
2 Participants
n=20 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Child Participants · White
9 Participants
n=15 Participants
5 Participants
n=5 Participants
14 Participants
n=20 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Child Participants · More than one race
3 Participants
n=15 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
3 Participants
n=20 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Child Participants · Unknown or Not Reported
1 Participants
n=15 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
1 Participants
n=20 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Parent Participants · American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
n=15 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=20 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Parent Participants · Asian
0 Participants
n=15 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=20 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Parent Participants · Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
n=15 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=20 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Parent Participants · Black or African American
1 Participants
n=15 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
1 Participants
n=20 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Parent Participants · White
12 Participants
n=15 Participants
5 Participants
n=5 Participants
17 Participants
n=20 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Parent Participants · More than one race
0 Participants
n=15 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=20 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Parent Participants · Unknown or Not Reported
2 Participants
n=15 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
2 Participants
n=20 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 3 months

Population: In this analysis, we only included participants (both children and parents) who attended at least 1 intervention session (e.g., not those lost to follow-up prior to intervention and not those in the control group.

As measured using interventionist documentation

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pro-PEAR
n=14 Participants
This group will receive the optimized Pro-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Number of Pro-PEAR Intervention Sessions Completed
9.1 # of sessions completed
Standard Deviation 2.3

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 3 months

Population: The TAQ was sent separately only to parent participants who received the intervention. Not all parent participants who received this web-based survey completed it.

Participant acceptability ratings of the PrO-PEAR intervention using the Treatment Acceptability Questionnaire. Scores range from 8 to 48 with higher scores indicating higher acceptability.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pro-PEAR
n=8 Participants
This group will receive the optimized Pro-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Parent-reported Intervention Acceptability as Rated on a Likert Scale.
38.8 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 6.8

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 6 months

Population: We calculated the number of outcomes collected across participants in the intervention and control groups and calculated percentage of assessments collected.

Measured by the number of outcomes collected divided by the number of planned outcomes

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pro-PEAR
n=450 Planned Assessments
This group will receive the optimized Pro-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
n=150 Planned Assessments
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Percentage of Planned Data Collection Efforts Completed Successfully
80 percentage of assessments collected
94 percentage of assessments collected

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: up to 1 year

Population: Participant families were randomized to groups after recruitment - we report this data based on family units.

Quantified for each month of active recruitment and averaged

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pro-PEAR
n=20 Participants
This group will receive the optimized Pro-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Number of Participant Families Recruited Per Month
5.25 participant families per month

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: baseline to 3 months

Population: We only used outcomes on child participants with complete data at baseline and 3 months.

change in # of fruits \& vegetables children consumed, on average, each day as measured by parent report and the EAT FFQ (Eating Assessment in Toddlers Food Frequency Questionnaire). Average number of portions of fruits and vegetables were reported on two questions of a Food Frequency Questionnaire with options ranging from 0-4 servings of fruits and 0-4 servings of vegetables. These scores were added together at each time point with greater scores indicating greater consumption of fruits and vegetables.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pro-PEAR
n=12 Participants
This group will receive the optimized Pro-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
n=5 Participants
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Change in Healthy Eating From Baseline to 3 Months
0.33 change score on a scale
Standard Deviation 1.03
0.2 change score on a scale
Standard Deviation 1.17

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: baseline to 6 months

Population: We only analyzed child participants with complete data at baseline and 6 months on this measure.

change in # of fruits \& vegetables children consumed, on average, each day as measured by parent report and the EAT FFQ (Eating Assessment in Toddlers Food Frequency Questionnaire). Average number of portions of fruits and vegetables were reported on two questions of a Food Frequency Questionnaire with options ranging from 0-4 servings of fruits and 0-4 servings of vegetables. These scores were added together at each time point with greater scores indicating greater consumption of fruits and vegetables.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pro-PEAR
n=9 Participants
This group will receive the optimized Pro-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
n=5 Participants
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Change in Healthy Eating From Baseline to 6 Months
0.11 change score on a scale
Standard Deviation 1.52
-0.2 change score on a scale
Standard Deviation 1.17

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: baseline to 3 months

Population: We only analyzed data on child participants with data on physical activity at baseline and 3 months.

change in # of hours of light, moderate, or vigorous child physical activity, on average, each day as measured by activPAL

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pro-PEAR
n=9 Participants
This group will receive the optimized Pro-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
n=3 Participants
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Change in Physical Activity From Baseline to 3 Months
0.45 hours
Standard Deviation 1.97
0.01 hours
Standard Deviation 0.78

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: baseline to 6 months

Population: We only analyzed data on child participants with complete physical activity data at baseline and 6 months.

change in # of hours of light, moderate, or vigorous child physical activity, on average, each day as measured by activPAL

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pro-PEAR
n=8 Participants
This group will receive the optimized Pro-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
n=4 Participants
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Change in Physical Activity From Baseline to 6 Months
0.32 hours
Standard Deviation 1.35
1.33 hours
Standard Deviation 0.89

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: baseline to 3 months

Population: Only child participants with complete data for sedentary behavior (activPAL) at baseline and 3 months were included.

change in # of minutes spent in bouts of sedentary behavior \>60 minutes, on average, each day as measured by activPAL (Physical Activities Logging)

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pro-PEAR
n=8 Participants
This group will receive the optimized Pro-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
n=3 Participants
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Change in Sedentary Behavior From Baseline to 3 Months
21.01 minutes
Standard Deviation 73.35
11.66 minutes
Standard Deviation 31.93

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: baseline to 6 months

Population: Only child participants with complete data for sedentary behavior (activPAL) at baseline and 6 months were included.

change in # minutes of bouts of sedentary behavior \>60 minutes, on average, each day as measured by activPAL

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pro-PEAR
n=7 Participants
This group will receive the optimized Pro-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
n=3 Participants
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Change in Sedentary Behavior From Baseline to 6 Months
-32.54 minutes
Standard Deviation 70.52
-54.45 minutes
Standard Deviation 38.16

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: baseline to 3 months

Population: We only included child participants with data for sleep (Actiwatch) at baseline and 3 months.

change in # minutes of child sleep, on average, each night as measured by the Phillips Actiwatch

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pro-PEAR
n=11 Participants
This group will receive the optimized Pro-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
n=5 Participants
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Change in Sleep Duration From Baseline to 3 Months
13.50 minutes
Standard Deviation 50.03
9.68 minutes
Standard Deviation 34.00

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: baseline to 6 months

Population: Only child participants who had sleep (Actiwatch) data at baseline and 6 months were included.

change in # minutes of child sleep, on average, each night as measured by the Phillips Actiwatch

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pro-PEAR
n=8 Participants
This group will receive the optimized Pro-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
n=5 Participants
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Change in Sleep Duration From Baseline to 6 Months
19.26 minutes
Standard Deviation 52.02
21.12 minutes
Standard Deviation 18.11

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: baseline to 6 months

Population: We only analyzed child participants with complete data on weight at baseline and 6 months.

Child weight will be assessed using chart review and scale

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pro-PEAR
n=9 Participants
This group will receive the optimized Pro-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
n=5 Participants
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Change in Child Weight From Baseline to 6 Months
4.40 pounds
Standard Deviation 0.74
3.38 pounds
Standard Deviation 0.99

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: baseline to 6 months

Population: We only analyzed child participants with complete height data at baseline and 6 months.

Child weight will be assessed using chart review and scale

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Pro-PEAR
n=9 Participants
This group will receive the optimized Pro-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
n=3 Participants
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Change in Child Height From Baseline to 6 Months
3.78 inches
Standard Deviation 4.13
4.84 inches
Standard Deviation 2.64

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 1 year

Population: We were unable to collect this data because we could not gain access to participant's charts throughout the conduct of this study.

Child weight will be assessed using chart review.

Outcome measures

Outcome data not reported

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: one year

Population: We were unable to collect height at one year because we were not able to gain access to participant's medical chart throughout the conduct of this study.

Child height will be assessed using chart review.

Outcome measures

Outcome data not reported

Adverse Events

PrO-PEAR

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 1 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Enhanced Usual Care

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Other adverse events
Measure
PrO-PEAR
n=30 participants at risk
This group will receive the optimized PrO-PEAR intervention (in addition to usual care). Preventing Obesity through Parent Empowerment and the Activation of Routines: Parents will receive a report of their child's current performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in each intervention area. Parents will be coached to build consistent family mealtime routines, in which children are involved in meal preparation, food exploration, and play. They will receive education on appropriate serving sizes for young children and basic information nutrition recommendations. Predictable bedtime routines will be designed to incorporate calming sensory input to improve the transition to bed. Parents will be educated on screen time recommendations and help families brainstorm alternatives to screens, including family-based routines of movement and activity. Finally, parents will be coached to incorporate play into all newly adopted routines, as young children learn though play.
Enhanced Usual Care
n=10 participants at risk
This group will serve as the control group and only receive a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations based on baseline data. Enhanced Usual Care: For the control group, usual care will be enhanced by providing parents with a report of their child's performance and adherence to World Health Organization recommendations in the areas of healthy eating, physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep. This report will consolidate data based on parent report, written logs, and actigraphy at baseline.
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders
skin irritation
3.3%
1/30 • Number of events 1 • 6 months
Participants were encouraged to report adverse events experienced as part of data collection. We are reporting on adverse events reported for child and parent participants.
0.00%
0/10 • 6 months
Participants were encouraged to report adverse events experienced as part of data collection. We are reporting on adverse events reported for child and parent participants.

Additional Information

Dr. Angela Caldwell

University of Pittsburgh

Phone: 412-383-7231

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place