NCT04711707

Addressing the Social Needs of Children With Obesity

Addressing the Social Needs of Children Attending a Weight Management Program: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to improve the treatment of a common, chronic health concern for children: obesity. It has the potential to improve the care we provide by testing an intervention that addresses social needs and the important upstream factors that influences health outcomes.

Detailed description

Addressing the social needs of children attending a weight management program. The specific aims of this pilot randomized controlled trial are the following: 1. To determine the feasibility of implementation and delivery of a screening-referral intervention versus usual care to address social needs of children with obesity enrolled in a pediatric weight management program at McMaster Children's Hospital, which will include recruitment rates, uptake of the intervention, and follow-up of participants. 2. To understand impact on health outcomes of a screening-referral intervention versus usual care to address social needs of children with obesity enrolled in a pediatric weight management program including change in i) body mass index z score (zBMI); ii) change in body composition; and iii) change in health-related quality of life. Hypothesis: We hypothesize that health outcomes of children with obesity are connected to the social determinants of health, and that an intervention which screens for and refers to community supports will improve child obesity outcomes.

Conditions

• Obesity, Childhood

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Community navigator	All patients who consent to participate in the study will complete a pediatric social history tool to identify social needs. The intervention group will receive support through a community navigator to guide and understand appropriate services for their specific needs. This arm will receive guidance and bimonthly check-ins.
OTHER	Self-Navigation	The control group will receive an electronic or paper copy of community resources that address the identified social needs.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-25
• Primary completion: 2021-12-01
• Completion: 2021-12-01
• First posted: 2021-01-15
• Last updated: 2021-04-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada