NCT04261985

A Mobile Phone Based Pilot Intervention to Prevent Obesity in Latino Preschool Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 59 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To pilot a stand-alone mobile phone intervention with Latino caregivers of 2- to 5-year olds, using a prospective control group design, to assess feasibility and preliminary effect sizes on children's BMI changes (primary outcome) and dietary and physical activity changes (secondary outcomes) at 6 months post-baseline, in preparation for a larger randomized trial to evaluate the intervention's efficacy.

Detailed description

The investigators will pilot an mHealth intervention using a prospective control group design with 66 caregiver-child dyads (33 intervention and 33 comparison) recruited from two community based agencies in East Los Angeles. Fidelity and feasibility will be assessed. Pre- and post- intervention data (child dietary, physical activity, and media viewing behaviors and BMI z-scores) will be collected to estimate preliminary effect sizes and standard deviations. The mHealth intervention has been informed by a previous feasibility study and focus groups with Latino caregivers of 2- to 5-year old children. This mHealth childhood obesity intervention specifically targets Latino mothers, fathers, and grandmothers of 2- to 5-year olds. The intervention focuses on parenting skills, dietary, physical activity, and media-viewing behaviors consistent with American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines.

Conditions

• Childhood Obesity
• Parenting
• Mobile Phone Use

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	healthy weight behaviors supported by web-based mobile phone application	Chorus is a mobile phone platform that provides texting, a web application, and an online community for mHealth interventions.Content is created using existing templates to insert text, images, pictures, audio, video clips, or any combination of these. Users interface with Chorus by clicking a hyperlink embedded in a text message sent to their phone to then access web-based interactions via prompts and clicks. Content was created in English and Spanish.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-06-08
• Primary completion: 2021-07-01
• Completion: 2021-07-01
• First posted: 2020-02-10
• Last updated: 2024-10-16
• Results posted: 2024-10-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States