Role of Parenting Skills and Parenting Style in Pediatric Weight Loss Programs

June 18, 2013 updated by: Kay Rhee, University of California, San Diego

Role of Parenting Skills, Style and Family Functioning in Pediatric Weight Loss

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of different parenting skills and parenting styles in the success of children enrolled in a family-based behavioral weight control program and to compare these skills and styles to those used by families with normal weight children.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Pediatric overweight has nearly tripled in the past several decades and while family-based behavioral weight control programs are the mainstay of treatment, there is considerable variability in their outcomes. Parents play an important role in the success of their children, particularly by implementing new behavioral skills. However recent evidence has also suggested that parenting style, or the way a parent interacts with their child and provides emotional support and discipline, may be another key element in pediatric weight control. Our goal is to evaluate the role of specific parenting (behavioral) skills and parenting style in the success of children enrolled in a standard family-based behavioral weight control intervention. Our goal is to examine whether specific parenting (behavioral) skills and parenting style change during the intervention and whether or not this change is related to changes in the child's BMI z-score.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

44

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

  • United States
    • California
      • La Jolla, California, United States, 92093
        • University of California, San Diego

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

8 years to 12 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • children between and including the ages of 8-12 years old
  • child BMI >= 85th percentile
  • parent willing to attend all treatment meetings
  • parent and child must be able to speak, read, and understand English

Exclusion Criteria:

  • a family member who is participating in another weight loss program
  • the child has any serious medical problem that would limit his/her participation in the study, for example, gastrointestinal diseases, cardiac disease, immune compromised state, chronic steroid use or other medication that impacts weight, developmental delays.
  • child with serious food allergies that would compromise adherence to dietary recommendations
  • any family member has a major psychiatric disease or organic brain syndrome
  • family is going to move outside the metropolitan area within the time frame of the study

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: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Family-based weight control
Group-based family therapy for weight loss in children age 8-12 years.
Behavioral: Family-based behavioral weight control intervention
Standard behavioral weight control program for children ages 8-12 years old and their parents in a family-based intervention.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Change in parenting skills and parenting style
Time Frame: 0 and 6 months
0 and 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Change in child BMI z-score
Time Frame: 0 and 6 months
0 and 6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of California, San Diego

Collaborators

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Brown University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Kyung E Rhee, MD, MSc, University of California, San Diego

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

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

June 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2012

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 20, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 28, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

October 29, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 19, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 18, 2013

Last Verified

June 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • K23HD057299 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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