Development of the DRIVE Curriculum to Address Childhood Obesity Risk Factors

December 13, 2018 updated by: Jenelle Shanley, Georgia State University

Pilot Trial of the DRIVE Parent Training Curriculum to Target Risk Factors for Childhood Obesity

The purpose of this study is to help overweight or obese children to maintain or reduce their body mass index (BMI) through the home-based parent training program the investigators developed called DRIVE. The investigators hypothesize that children from families that receive the DRIVE program will show greater maintenance or improvement in their BMIs than families who do not receive DRIVE.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The DRIVE program (Developing Relationships that Include Values of Eating and Exercise) is a home-based parent training program with 15 sessions focused on improve family nutrition and physical activity and promoting positive parent-child interactions. The aim of this study is to pilot-test the development of a childhood obesity program that includes parenting and health information. Participants in this study will be recruited through community organizations based upon their obesity health risk. Only families whose children's BMI percentile is greater than or equal to 75 will be eligible to participate in this study These participants will be randomly assigned to either the control group, in which participants will receive health information via mail only, or the experimental group that will participate in 15 DRIVE sessions focusing on parent-child interactions, health and nutrition, and physical activity. Both groups will complete a baseline assessment, mid-point assessment, and post assessment in their home, which will measure parent and child height, weight, and waist circumference; parent attitudes towards health and nutrition; and parent and child food consumption and physical activity levels. Results from this study will provide information regarding the feasibility of implementing the DRIVE curriculum as well as its impact on parent and child body mass indexes, and parents' knowledge, and attitudes related to nutrition.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

32

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
    • Georgia
      • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30302
        • Georgia State University
    • Louisiana
      • Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, 70808
        • Pennington Medical Center

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

2 years to 65 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Child age 2-6 years old with a BMI percentile greater than or equal to 75
  • Fluent in English
  • Parent has primary custody of the primary child participant in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant or currently breastfeeding (parent)
  • Planning to get pregnant while enrolled in the study (parent)
  • Have BMI greater than 45 (parent)
  • Chronic disease that affects body weight, appetite, or metabolism (for example, diabetes- type I or type II) (child)
  • Have HIV or AIDS (child)
  • Use prescription or over-the-counter medications or herbal products that affect appetite, body weight, or metabolism (child)
  • Plan to move out of the Atlanta/Baton Rouge area for the duration of enrollment (approximately 5 months) (family)
  • Plan to be out of the Atlanta/Baton Rouge area for more than 2 weeks for the duration of enrollment (approximately 5 months) (family)

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: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: DRIVE program
Participants in the experimental group will receive the DRIVE curriculum (15 sessions) via weekly sessions conducted in their home by a DRIVE provider.
Behavioral: DRIVE Program
The DRIVE program (Developing Relationships that Include Values of Eating and Exercise) is a home-based parent training program, which involves 15 sessions focusing on parent-child interactions, health and nutrition, and physical activity
No Intervention: Control Group
The parents in the control group will be mailed information on nutrition, physical activity, and parent-child interactions. Information on nutrition will include guidelines provided by the "MyPlate" website (http://www.choosemyplate.gov/preschoolers.html) in addition to information on proper nutrition and suggest levels of physical activity for preschoolers. Lastly, parents will be provided with the free publication, "Adventures in Parenting: How responding, Preventing, Monitoring, Mentoring, and Modeling Can Help You Be A Successful Parent," authored by National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Information covered in this document includes effective parenting strategies for children at specific ages.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Child BMIz
Time Frame: Week 0, Week 9, Week 19
The child's body mass index z-scores (BMIz) was calculated by dividing the the child's weight in kilograms (measured by a digital scale) by the child's height in meters (measured by a stadiometer). These measurements were taken at each assessment point (pre-, mid-, and post-assessment).
Week 0, Week 9, Week 19

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Parent BMIz
Time Frame: Week 0, Week 9, Week 19
The parent's body mass index z-scores (BMIz) was calculated by dividing the the parent's weight in kilograms (measured by a digital scale) by the parent's height in meters (measured by a stadiometer). These measurements were taken at each assessment point (pre-, mid-, and post-assessment).
Week 0, Week 9, Week 19

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Georgia State University

Collaborators

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jenelle R Shanley, PhD, Georgia State University

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

September 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 6, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 9, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

June 11, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

December 17, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 13, 2018

Last Verified

December 1, 2018

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 5800752

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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