Status:
COMPLETED
Healthy Weight at Home: A Pilot Weight Loss Program for Parents of Children With a Disability
Lead Sponsor:
Towson University
Conditions:
Overweight and Obesity
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The objective of this study is to design, implement, and pilot a lifestyle-based, 12-week, weight loss program for parents of children with a disability. This weight loss program supports weight loss ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Parent
- age ≥18
- English speaking
- completion of screening and baseline data collection
- BMI ≥ 25 and weight \< 300lbs (weight limit due to scale limitations)
- willing to lose weight through physical activity, weight tracking and decreased caloric intake
- willing to make changes at home to facilitate a healthy weight
- willing to complete 12 weekly weight loss video coaching sessions (20 minutes/session)
- willing to use Skype, FaceTime, Zoom, or WebEx for regular intervention contact
- Internet/ cellular plan that is sufficient for weekly program video conferencing
- willing to use the study scale with cellular technology to report weights at baseline, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks.
- willing to use the study scale with cellular technology at least weekly during the study (12 weeks)
- completion of screening and baseline data collection
- Child
- age 8-18
- has a disability
- assent is required if the child is capable and willing to have height and weight taken by the parent at baseline, 12 weeks, and 24 weeks.
Exclusion
- parent or child: previously diagnosed eating disorder, or treatment for an eating disorder
- parent: currently pregnant or plan to get pregnant in the next 6 months
- parent: planned weight loss surgery or procedure in the next 6 months
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 4 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 30 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
13 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04697225
Start Date
January 4 2021
End Date
November 30 2022
Last Update
November 21 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Towson University
Towson, Maryland, United States, 21252