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

This study is currently recruiting participants.

Verified June 2010 by Brown University

Sponsor:

Collaborators:

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

Rhode Island Hospital

Information provided by:

Brown University

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT01004341

First received: October 20, 2009

Last updated: June 14, 2010

Last verified: June 2010

History of Changes

Tracking Information

First Received Date ^ICMJE

October 20, 2009

Last Updated Date

June 14, 2010

Start Date ^ICMJE

June 2009

Estimated Primary Completion Date

May 2013 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Current Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Change in parenting skills and parenting style [ Time Frame: 0 and 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Original Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Same as current

Change History

Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01004341 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site

Current Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Change in child BMI z-score [ Time Frame: 0 and 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Original Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Same as current

Current Other Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Not Provided

Original Other Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Not Provided

Descriptive Information

Brief Title ^ICMJE

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

Official Title ^ICMJE

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

Brief Summary

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.

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 ^ICMJE

Interventional

Study Phase

Not Provided

Study Design ^ICMJE

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment

Condition ^ICMJE

Pediatric Obesity

Intervention ^ICMJE

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.

Study Arm (s)

Not Provided

Publications *

Rhee KE, Lumeng JC, Appugliese DP, Kaciroti N, Bradley RH. Parenting styles and overweight status in first grade. Pediatrics. 2006 Jun;117(6):2047-54.

* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Status ^ICMJE

Recruiting

Estimated Enrollment ^ICMJE

Estimated Completion Date

May 2014

Estimated Primary Completion Date

May 2013 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Eligibility Criteria ^ICMJE

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

Gender

Both

Ages

8 Years to 12 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Contacts ^ICMJE

Contact: Kyung E Rhee, MD, MSc

401-793-8997

krhee1@lifespan.org

Location Countries ^ICMJE

United States

Administrative Information

NCT Number ^ICMJE

NCT01004341

Other Study ID Numbers ^ICMJE

K23HD057299, 1K23HD057299-01A2

Has Data Monitoring Committee

Responsible Party

Kyung Rhee, MD, MSc, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Study Sponsor ^ICMJE

Brown University

Collaborators ^ICMJE

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Rhode Island Hospital

Investigators ^ICMJE

Principal Investigator:

Kyung E Rhee, MD, MSc

The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Information Provided By

Brown University

Verification Date

June 2010

^ICMJE Data element required by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the World Health Organization ICTRP

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