Cost-Effectiveness of Family Based Pediatric Obesity Treatment - NCT00717132-14214 (Clinical Trial 231369)
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Buffalo |
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NY |
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14214 |
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Body Mass Index - Quality of Life |
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To determine the cost effectiveness of treating the child alone and parent alone to
traditional family-based method of obesity treatment. It is hypothesized that a
family-based approach will be more cost effective, and will support the savings and
effectiveness of treating multiple family members together.
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Research has shown that family-based treatment programs produce significant short and
long-term decreases in weight relative to height. Reductions in relative weight are
observed for both parents and their children, with a significant relationship between parent
and child relative weight changes.
Usual care for families with obesity is for the parent and child to be treated separately by
their individual physicians, often with different types of treatment plans. This may be
less efficacious for the parent and child than a family-based intervention in which the
parent and child are treated together. The separate treatments may also be more expensive
than concurrent treatment following the same treatment plan.
There are many reasons to hypothesize that a family-based treatment will be more efficacious
and more cost effective than other formats for treating families with multiple generations
of obesity. If family members are treated together, they have the same treatment goals.
They can learn to support each other, model positive behaviors, work together to change
behaviors and modify the shared family environment. The simultaneous treatment of parents
and children in a group format, which is how family-based treatments are administered,
reduces the time therapists provide treatment in comparison to the usual format in which
each parent and child would be seen individually.
An important challenge for obesity treatment is to develop efficacious and cost-effective
interventions to treat pediatric obesity. The goal of this study is to evaluate the
efficacy and cost effectiveness over 12 month follow-up for 50 families with overweight
parents and children randomized to family-based behavioral treatment in comparison to the
treatment of the parents and children separately, by different therapists, which represent
usual care for families with obese parents and children. |
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Overweight child and parent in each family
Exclusion Criteria:
- The parent and child must have no dietary or activity limitations that would preclude
making the requested behavior changes; no current psychiatric problems and no history
of eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or binge eating
disorder. Families with a first degree relative with any of the mentioned eating
disorders will also be excluded. The participating child must be able to read at a
3rd grade level and demonstrate the ability to maintain diet and activity records in
a simulated recording interview. Both parent and child must be able to read the
English language well enough to understand the consent and assent forms. |
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SUNY @ Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14214
United States
Primary Contact:
Steve Spence
Email: spence@buffalo.edu
Phone: 716-829-3400
Secondary Contact:
Colleen K Kilanowski, MS
Email: ckk@buffalo.edu
Phone: (716) 829-3400 |
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November 16, 2009 |
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effectiveness of new drugs, devices, or treatments in humans. These studies are
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