NCT06843200

Conversations With Caregivers About Health and Appearance

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 240 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Oregon · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This clinical trial is evaluating the effects of a 2-hour, small group discussion with parents and caregivers of adolescents in Oregon. We will evaluate whether parents'/caregivers' experience reductions in their disordered eating symptoms, mood symptoms, and parent-child relationship quality, relative to parent/caregiver participants in the wait list control. We will also evaluate whether the children of these parents/caregivers experience improvements in their disordered eating and mood symptoms.

Conditions

• Disordered Eating Behaviors
• Depression
• Feeding Behaviors
• Parent-Child Relations

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Parent Group Discussion	A 2-hour interactive parent group delivered to 5-10 parents via zoom; discuss weight bias and discrimination; brainstorm ways to respond in parent-child interactions involving health and appearance; and identify action steps.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-01-27
• Primary completion: 2026-07-01
• Completion: 2026-07-01
• First posted: 2025-02-24
• Last updated: 2025-02-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States