GRIB Forsoeget-2004 (GRIB-2004)

November 5, 2007 updated by: Forskningspuljen

Multi-Disciplinary Group Intervention Versus Traditional Information Towards Severely Overweight Children and Their Families -

The difficulties in loosing weight may not stem from lack og knowledge about nutrition, as implied by the standard treatment but from difficulties in following the advice. The hypothesis is, that revealing and addressing these difficulties psychotherapeutically may be more efficient in obtaining weight reduction. The effect of psychological group treatment of severely overweight children and their parents is compared with traditional nutritional information. In other words: Which is better: back-up or enlightenment?

Study Overview

Detailed Description

At on-set the children get a medical examination, blood-tests, measurement of height, weight, skin-fold, waist and hip. Children and parents fill out questionnaires on social and educational background as well as motivation and expectations to the treatment. All Children are thereafter randomised into two groups:multi-disciplinary group intervention versus traditional information. The randomisation is stratified according to gender and degree of overweight (135%-145% and >145%) supposing that the degree of overweight may mirror the difficulties in loosing weight. The experimental intervention consists of one lecture of general nutrition, weekly psychological group sessions for the children followed by physical exercise, and separate bi-monthly group sessions for the parents. After six months children and parents go to separate group sessions once a month for six months. The control group is offered nutritional advice once with a brief follow-up after one month. The height and weight of the children is measured every month, and the fat % is measured with DEXA-scanning at on-set, after six months, and after twelve months

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

45

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Regionh
      • Hilleroed, Regionh, Denmark, 3400
        • Peaditrisk enhed, Helse vej 2

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

10 years to 15 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Weight compared to hight over 135% of the Danish norms (www.peadiatri.dk)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None of the parents wants to participate
  • Diagnosed somatic course of overweight
  • Parents or children do not speak danish
  • Sever physical handicap
  • Psychiatric illness or mental retardation in children or parents
  • Severe child abuse
  • Siblings participation in the trail.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 1
Multi-disciplinary group intervention
children:weekley session in 6 months, monthly sessions for 6 months parents: bi-monthly sessions for 6 months, monthly sessions for 6 months
Active Comparator: 2
traditional information
1 session of nutritional advise for parents and child and 1 follow-up after one month

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Body Mass Index
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months
Baseline, 6 months, 12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
fat% measured by DEXA scan, Hip/waist ratio, skinfold
Time Frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months
Baseline, 6 months, 12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Ole Andersen, dr. med., former chief administration physician, peadiatrisk Enhed, Hilleroed Sygehus, 3400 Hilleroed

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2004

Study Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 5, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 5, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

November 7, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 7, 2007

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 5, 2007

Last Verified

November 1, 2007

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • ø-2003-1-40

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